Whats the different between srcCompat and background in an ImageView/ImageButton

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I have an ImageView in a RelativeLayout. The background of the ImageView is empty and the srcCompat is linked to my image in the drawable folder. In the layout Preview everything looks fine but when I test the app in an emulator or real smartphone my ImageView is empty and I can't see the selected Image. When I link the background property to my image in the drawable folder and delete the entry from srcCompat my picture is shown by the app. The problem is I can't scale the image if its set as the background of my ImageView. Can someone help me? Thanks and sorry for my bad english!

Same problem here? Do you have a solution ? – Iero Oct 04 '17 at 18:04 — Iero, Oct 04 '17 at 18:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '16 at 02:53

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The difference is that srcCompatis the actual content of your ImageView. You can, for example set backgroundColor to red, and give a drawable to your srcCompat. The result will be a red background and the given drawable above it.

Hope this helps.

answered Oct 23 '16 at 02:53

Jefferson Tavares

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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Use src in place of srcCompat.As it srcCompat attribute is actually defined within AppCompat library. For more details

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Oct 23 '16 at 03:59

Neelay Srivastava

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Whats the different between srcCompat and background in an ImageView/ImageButton

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