Question

This is my Android list_item layout XML:

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:paddingRight="?android:attr/scrollbarSize"
    android:background="@drawable/list_bg">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_displayname"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</RelativeLayout>

This is the list_bg image:

and yet here is what it looks like when shown in Android emulator:

I can see that the background is being applied because there is a slight gradient effect to it, but I have no idea where this black overlay is coming from!

Answer 1

have you tried a different image to see if that one does the same thing? to me it looks like it is creating the image behind the list in your RelativeLayout and your textview background is on top. since you are setting it to fill the width of the row, i bet if you just set to wrap_content you would see it behind there

try putting the image as your TextView background instead