Question

Is there a way to repeat an image only vertically in android? I’ve tried it like this:

<bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:src="@drawable/asphalt_texture"
    android:tileMode="repeat"
    android:dither="true"/>

But it repeats both ways and I only want it repeated vertically, any ideas would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Strangely enough, there does not seem to be a way to do this in XML. Through code, however, you can. The following methods:

BitmapDrawable.setTileModeX(Shader.TileMode mode)
BitmapDrawable.setTileModeY(Shader.TileMode mode)

should do what you need. Simply pass in one of the Shader.TileMode enumerations (REPEAT, MIRROR, CLAMP) for whichever axis (y-axis for vertical) you need the repeat effect on.

So you should be able to do something like this:

BitmapDrawable draw = (BitmapDrawable)getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.draw);
draw.setTileModeY(Shader.TileMode.REPEAT);