Question

I have used this code for the row layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:background="@drawable/bckimage"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   android:padding="10dp"
   android:textSize="16sp" >
</TextView>

and this is for the class that builds the list:

public class ListTestActivity extends ListActivity {


@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    String[] myArray = new String[] {...};

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.listlayout,myArray));

    ListView listView = getListView();
    listView.setCacheColorHint(0);
    listView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bckimage);
    listView.setTextFilterEnabled(true);


    listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
//. . .
});

}
}

This shows an image for each row, not for the whole background. How can I add a single image for background? I saw several methods in here also but nothing worked.

Answer 1

Set the image as the background for the ListView element instead:

getListView().setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bckimage);

Your list rows probably hide the background image. Also add:

getListView().setCacheColorHint(android.R.color.transparent);