How can I align my backgroundimage?

Question

I want to align my background image which I declare in the activity_main.xml:

android:background="@drawable/spieler_blau"

The problem is that the whole screen is filled with this picture and I want to have a small white space on the left side of the screen. Like that:

enter image description here

Any solution? Thanks in advance.

Give some left margin to the layout. Also, post your xml layout for the exact solution. — , Sep 05 '13 at 07:03

Hardik Joshi · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-05T07:19:49.637

Here is output

You can use android:layout_marginLeft="20dp". You can set margin as per requirement.

Or you can also create one blank View and one ImageView in xml and give it weight.

Example:

1)

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/expandable"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#000000"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >



    <View  android:layout_weight="1"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
        />

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
       android:layout_weight="0.5"
        android:background="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

OR 2)

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/expandable"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#000000"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >



    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
        android:background="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

</LinearLayout>

At the moment I have a white margin. How can I get it off? I mean on the bottom right and top side. So that the image fills the whole screen. Just the left side has to be white for my other option which I want to fill. — Sander, Sep 05 '13 at 07:19
Ah, thanks alot I found it. I had android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" in the .xml file and got a margin in it. Anyways - thanks alot Hardy. — Sander, Sep 05 '13 at 07:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '13 at 07:08

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IF you need space to remain in left side, There possible ways can be,

Set Imageview SRC, not the background , and give padding at left side
Create your background drawable with transparent space on left side
Or you create a custom view

answered Sep 05 '13 at 07:08

Jaldip Katre

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '13 at 07:05

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You can do this by adding padding to the left of the image layout with the android:paddingLeft attribute:

<ImageView android:background="@drawable/spieler_blau"
   android:paddingLeft="10dp"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>

answered Sep 05 '13 at 07:05

matthewrdev

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Padding is the property for the Contents inside the view, will not affect the background.. – Jaldip Katre Sep 05 '13 at 07:10

How can I align my backgroundimage?

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