Question

Is it possible to add an image(view) on top of a button (which as a background image)?

I’m porting an iOS app to Android and it wasn’t a problem on iOS, but I’m wondering if it is the right approach on Android because of layouts.

Edit :

To clarify, check this screen shot :

http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/062/Purple/v4/7c/4b/cd/7c4bcd53-ba55-94d7-a26c-ce1bfe040003/mza_2736801523527387264.320×480-75.jpg

I need to do the bottom left button “carte” (card in french)

I need :

• a button with a background image
• an image displayed on top of the button which is loaded from internet (a card , there is a lot of different and news cards are added daily, in the screnshot it s “MIDI PASS” )
• a text localised on the button , so I cant use Imagebutton class.

Answer 1

It is not quite clear what you want to achieve, but the following may be helpful for you:

• Use an ImageButton
• Set the Image as the background of the button either in XML (using android:background) or in code (using setBackgroundResource)

Update:

Looking at your updated requirements, it would be better to use a custom component to achieve what you want.