Question

I have an xml file like below which I will use to set background for Textview:

row.xml

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
      <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:shape="rectangle">
      <gradient android:endColor="#CCCCCC" android:startColor="#CCCCCC"
      android:angle="270" />
      <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#999999" />
      <corners android:bottomRightRadius="0dp"
      android:bottomLeftRadius="0dp" android:topLeftRadius="0dp"
      android:topRightRadius="0dp" /></shape>

The above Xml I will set as background for TextView in main.xml as below:

main.xml

<TextView
android:id="@+id/rowtext3"
android:text="Availablity"
android:layout_height="25px"
android:layout_width="60px"
android:textSize="10px"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="@color/black"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="@drawable/row"
/>

But I want this to do from code rather than Xml.I have done everything that I have done in Xml like font, width, Height, font dynamically through code, but not able to set Background that I mentioned in Xml file. How can we set content of Xml file as background to textview similar to how we set background as XML in main.xml.

In the code I have done like this:

    t1=new TextView(this); <br>
    t1.setText(ed1.getText()); <br>
    t1.setHeight(25); <br>
    t1.setWidth(60); <br>
    t1.setTextSize(10); <br>

But I didn’t find how to set background i.e. how to set XML content as background?
Can any one help me in sorting out this issue?
Thanks In Advance,

Answer 1

I think the method you’re looking for is setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable d).

This will set the background using the given Drawable. So it would look something like this:

TextView t1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.rowtext3);
t1.setBackgroundDrawable(row);