Question

I have a LinearLayout with width set to fill_parent and height to wrap_content. Now I want to give it a background from a png file, but doing it in a traditional way causes the LinearLayout to resize in order to show the whole background instead of cropping the additional part.

How can I set the background of LinearLayout so it won’t resize?

Thanks

Answer 1

It appears that such thing is achievable only using the ImageView and setting the scaleType parameter accordingly. A quick workaround is to use FrameLayout and put the ImageView under another layout with transparent background.

Code:

<FrameLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:scaleType="centerCrop"
        android:src="@drawable/background" />

</FrameLayout>