I want to set background drawable of a view. There are two methods for this (as far as I see): setBackground
and setBackgroundDrawable
.
When I use setBackground
, it says it has been added in API level 16 but my project's min SDK version is 7. I assume it's not going to work on anything below 16, am I right? But when I use setBackgroundDrawable, it says it's deprecated.
What am I supposed to use?
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Using Android studio 1.5.1 i got the following warnings:
Call requires API level 16 (current min is 9): android.view.View#setBackground
and the complaints about deprecation
'setBackgroundDrawable(android.graphics.drawable.Drawable)' is deprecated
Using this format, i got rid of both:
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
//noinspection deprecation
layout.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);
} else {
layout.setBackground(drawable);
}
Use setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.xml/png)
I also had this problem, but I made a workaround using a ImageView.
Try using a RelativeLayout and add a ImageView inside it (width and height: fill_parent, scaleType: center).
Also make sure the imageview is the first element inside the RelativeLayout, so it will act as background.
You can use setBackgroundResource()
instead which is in API level 1.
i know this is an old question but i have a similar situation ,and my solution was
button.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.ic_button );
Drawable d = button.getBackground();
and then you can play with the "Drawable", applying color filters, etc
You can also do this:
try {
myView.getClass().getMethod(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 16 ? "setBackground" : "setBackgroundDrawable", Drawable.class).invoke(myView, myBackgroundDrawable);
} catch (Exception ex) {
// do nothing
}
EDIT: Just as pointed out by @BlazejCzapp it is preferable to avoid using reflection if you can manage to solve the problem without it. I had a use case where I was unable to solve without reflection but that is not case above. For more information please take a look at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/reflect/index.html
seems that currently there is no difference between the 2 functions, as shown on the source code (credit to this post) :
public void setBackground(Drawable background) {
//noinspection deprecation
setBackgroundDrawable(background);
}
@Deprecated
public void setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable background) { ... }
so it's just a naming decision, similar to the one with fill-parent vs match-parent .
This works for me: View view is your editText, spinner...etc. And int drawable is your drawable route example (R.drawable.yourDrawable)
public void verifyDrawable (View view, int drawable){
int sdk = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
if(sdk < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
view.setBackgroundDrawable(
ContextCompat.getDrawable(getContext(),drawable));
} else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
view.setBackground(getResources().getDrawable(drawable));
}
}
Use ViewCompat.setBackground(view, background);
you could use setBackgroundResource()
instead i.e. relativeLayout.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.back);
this works for me.
Now you can use either of those options. And it is going to work in any case. Your color can be a HEX code, like this:
myView.setBackgroundResource(ContextCompat.getColor(context, Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF")));
A color resource, like this:
myView.setBackgroundResource(ContextCompat.getColor(context,R.color.blue_background));
Or a custom xml resource, like so:
myView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.my_custom_background);
Hope it helps!
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