It is a bit late, but my problem was solved with the following code.
Used the ImageView
to set my background image and then displayed the linear layout over it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:contentDescription="@string/my_msg"
android:src="@drawable/my_super_bg_image" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/top_style"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/today"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:paddingRight="5dp" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="some text here"
android:textSize="24sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
If some one needs to know more, I will update the answer.
Thanks.