diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/mastodon/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 69e170179..d7c114c33 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
 				<data android:scheme="megalodon-android-auth" android:host="callback"/>
 			</intent-filter>
 		</activity>
-		<activity android:name=".ExternalShareActivity" android:exported="true" android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
+		<activity android:name=".ExternalShareActivity" android:exported="true" android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
+			android:theme="@style/TransparentDialog">
 			<intent-filter>
 				<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND"/>
 				<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ExternalShareActivity.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ExternalShareActivity.java
index 38893027f..c65ec98cf 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ExternalShareActivity.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ExternalShareActivity.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.joinmastodon.android;
 import android.app.Fragment;
 import android.content.ClipData;
 import android.content.Intent;
-import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ public class ExternalShareActivity extends FragmentStackActivity{
 			}else if(sessions.size()==1){
 				openComposeFragment(sessions.get(0).getID());
 			}else{
-				getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(0xff000000));
 				UiUtils.pickAccount(this, null, R.string.choose_account, 0,
 						session -> openComposeFragment(session.getID()),
 						b -> b.setOnCancelListener(d -> finish())
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 2657ebc75..d44c60df1 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
+
+	<style name="TransparentDialog" parent="android:Theme.Dialog">
+	<item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>
+	<item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
+	<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
+	<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
+	<item name="android:windowIsFloating">true</item>
+	<item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item>
+	</style>
+
 	<style name="Theme.Mastodon.Light" parent="Theme.AppKit.Light">
 		<!-- needed to disable scrim on API 29+ -->
 		<item name="android:enforceNavigationBarContrast" tools:ignore="NewApi">false</item>