I am setting an image for the background of a linearlayout that I am using. The problem I am getting is the white border just below the title bar. If I set the background to a color the white border does not appear. Does anybody know what might be causing this.
I am loading some content in dynamically but here is the xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.gesture.GestureOverlayView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/gestures"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gestureStrokeType="single"
android:eventsInterceptionEnabled="true"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:uncertainGestureColor="#00000000"
android:gestureColor="#00000000">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="20dip"
android:background="@drawable/background">
<!-- android:background="@drawable/background"> -->
<TextView
android:id="@+id/item_text"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="@string/item_text"
android:textColor="#fffafa"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:paddingBottom="10dip"/>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/photoLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingBottom="20dip"/>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayoutDynamic"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="@drawable/my_border">
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/item_text1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="20dip"
android:paddingBottom="10dip"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="Besonderheiten"
android:textColor="#fffafa"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:textStyle="bold"/>
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/RelativeLayout01"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="@drawable/my_border">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/LinearLayout"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_wasteDisposal"
android:text="@string/item_wasteDisposal"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:singleLine="true"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/wasteDisposalImage"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/item_wasteDisposal"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/wasteDisposalImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/internetImage"
android:layout_below="@id/wasteDisposalImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/wasteDisposalImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_internet"
android:text="@string/item_internet"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/internetImage"
android:layout_below="@id/wasteDisposalImage"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/internetImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/overnightStayImage"
android:layout_below="@id/internetImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/internetImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_overnightStay"
android:text="@string/item_overnightStay"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/overnightStayImage"
android:layout_below="@id/internetImage"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/overnightStayImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/toiletImage"
android:layout_below="@id/overnightStayImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/overnightStayImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_toilet"
android:text="@string/item_toilet"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/toiletImage"
android:layout_below="@id/overnightStayImage"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/toiletImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/electricityImage"
android:layout_below="@id/toiletImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/toiletImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_electricity"
android:text="@string/item_electricity"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/electricityImage"
android:layout_below="@id/toiletImage"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/electricityImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/cranImage"
android:layout_below="@id/electricityImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/electricityImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_cran"
android:text="@string/item_cran"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/cranImage"
android:layout_below="@id/electricityImage"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/cranImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/slipwayImage"
android:layout_below="@id/cranImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/cranImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_slipway"
android:text="@string/item_slipway"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/slipwayImage"
android:layout_below="@id/cranImage"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/slipwayImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/campingImage"
android:layout_below="@id/slipwayImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/slipwayImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_camping"
android:text="@string/item_camping"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/campingImage"
android:layout_below="@id/slipwayImage"/>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#FF909090"
android:layout_below="@id/campingImage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/freshWaterImage"
android:layout_below="@id/campingImage"
android:layout_alignLeft="@id/campingImage"
android:padding="5dp"/>
<TextView
style="@style/CodeFont"
android:id="@+id/item_freshWater"
android:text="@string/item_freshWater"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/freshWaterImage"
android:layout_below="@id/campingImage"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
Post your image file. And is it a 9-patch png or just a standard image file? Without more info my guess that your image is too big for your space, and for some reason when it shrinks it down it has to shrink in both directions and it creates blank space at the top. I have noticed this effect before. If that is what is happening then solutions would be either resize the image file to smaller so that it won’t have to shrink, or (and this is probably the prefered way) create a a very small 9-patch that will expand into the image you want. It is hard for me to tell but it looks like from the picture your image is just a solid color anyway, so if you went the 9-patch route you could make it a very small canvas size 10 x 10 pixels or something. and it would know how to expand it to fill any space required.
Another way to tell if this is what is going on is run your app on something with a bigger screen. Then it won’t have to shrink the image file and thus should not show the blank space at the top