Creating Android background images

Question

Does anyone know how to manage background images for android applications?

I have my backgrounds looking pretty sweet in my app, however, when ported to another device they are stretched to fit and look awefull.

So my question is how do i specify my background image size in dp to account for the ever changing range of devices??

any help would be great - thanks.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '11 at 11:21

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use 9patch images . this will allow you to bound background image according to foreground contents . see 9patch drawable docs here .

answered Nov 01 '11 at 11:21

okay, i have gone through the tut and im able to create images which need a little tweaking but is pretty much what i want. However, since using the new .p.png file all my buttons have dissapeared!! – Deano Nov 01 '11 at 13:45
have found the answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3904852/android-layout-broken-with-9-patch-background by adding this line to the layout android:padding="0dip" – Deano Nov 01 '11 at 14:09

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '11 at 11:20

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You may have to create different layouts and also different drawable folders to support different resolutions and different size of screen.

answered Nov 01 '11 at 11:20

Sunil Kumar Sahoo

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