Question

Using

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    <gradient
        android:startColor="#FFFF0000"
        android:endColor="#80FF00FF"
        android:angle="45"/>
    <padding android:left="7dp"
        android:top="7dp"
        android:right="7dp"
        android:bottom="7dp" />
    <corners android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>

from http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#Shape

Every time I set it as a background for any view it is always turns the background gray.

The xml is in res/drawable and I have tried both methods used in the guide.

Can someone shed some light on why it isnt working.

Answer 1

Don’t know how I fixed it but I copied my layouts, deleted them, pasted them back in then cleaned the project (I do this often) and it fixed the problem.