How do I get background resource to fill LinearLayout

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Here is my layout

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/backg"
    android:paddingTop="40dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".AppleActivity" >
...
<LinearLayout>

I expect the background to fill the layout. But it leaves considerable space based on top and at the bottom. I don't mind if the background stretches. I just want it to fill the view. Does anyone know what might be causing this problem?

In case it's important: in my manifest file I am using android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.NoActionBar.Fullscreen" to hide the status bar.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16135984/full-screen-background-image-in-an-activity/16139059#16139059 — stinepike, Jan 16 '14 at 06:23
Thanks for the tip, but removing the padding didn't work. The funny thing is I have never seen this before. I background always fills the view. I just don't see what it could be. — learner, Jan 16 '14 at 06:27
it should work. what happend if you remove padding? put some color code in place of @drawable/backg inorer to debug it. if all these things are not working. take a imageview with scaleXY and set height & width match_parent — Connecting life with Android, Jan 16 '14 at 06:29
May be the **backg** image has the transparent margins, better check the Image once !! — Jagadesh Seeram, Jan 16 '14 at 06:30

williamj949 · Answer 1 · 2014-01-16T06:45:55.560

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try something like this..

<RelativeLayout
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="@drawable/backg"
 android:orientation="vertical">

edited Jan 16 '14 at 06:45

answered Jan 16 '14 at 06:38

williamj949

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '14 at 15:20

Have you tried adding

android:scaleType="fitXY"

into your linear layout? This will stretch your background image to linear layout bounds. You can also use centerCrop to fit the image to bounds without stretching it.

android:scaleType="centerCrop"

Also, use margin instead of padding.

How do I get background resource to fill LinearLayout

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