Changing background of LinearLayout changes it's width & height

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I tried to change background of a LinearLayout to some wood texture, but it changes LinearLayout width and height depending on dimensions of the wooden background! I need LinearLayout to disregard background dimensions!

<LinearLayout
  android:id="@+id/LinearLayout1"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:background="@drawable/wood"
  android:orientation="vertical" >

some content here which I need to wrap height to them!

</LinearLayout>

Might be useful : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8202647/setting-a-background-image-to-a-view-stretches-my-view — Blaze Tama, Nov 01 '14 at 08:44

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '14 at 08:39

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Your LinearLayout's height is "wrap_content". Which means it takes height of the content(your background). You can change it to "match_parent" or give it a fixed size in dp. So that it remains same even with background.

answered Nov 01 '14 at 08:39

Seshu Vinay

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But I want it to size to my real content, not the background. – AVEbrahimi Nov 01 '14 at 08:40
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Give your parent layout a "weightSum" and its children "weights" according to your layout. Make height's of all children 0dp. – Seshu Vinay Nov 01 '14 at 08:42
For more info, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7452741/what-is-androidweightsum-in-android-and-how-does-it-work – Seshu Vinay Nov 01 '14 at 08:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '14 at 08:57

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If You want it to be of fixed either use fixed height and width in dp Or dynamically calculate height and width of old background and then apply new background with setting LinearLayout height and width to be of size you calculated programatically.

answered Nov 01 '14 at 08:57

Akash Jindal

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '19 at 20:55

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I simply replaced it with another container such as ConstraintLayout.. I don't have time to figure it out.

answered Mar 06 '19 at 20:55

Juan Mendez

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Changing background of LinearLayout changes it's width & height

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