Question

I have a png with transparency that I’d like to use for the background of my layout. I need to set the background of the layout to a color, and then draw the image on top of that. Things I’d rather not do:

1. Create a layout within my layout. Set the background of the outer layout to the color, set the background of the inner layout to the bitmap. This actually generates a warning because the inner layout doesn’t do anything.

2. Don’t use a transparent png, just render the background image with the color.

Can I create an xml drawable that contains the image and the color maybe?

Answer 1

You need to create a layer-list drawable,

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#LayerList

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