Question

Well I know that this can be done in xml this way

android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_dropdown_dark_frame"

this line above is from my mind so it can have some errors, but basically is that way. Now how can I do the same thing but programatically?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can do it like this (from a View subclass):

setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.editbox_dropdown_dark_frame);

If you have a reference to the view (say, from findViewById), you can do the same thing:

View v = . . .;
v.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.editbox_dropdown_dark_frame);

If you like, you can retrieve the Drawable itself directly:

Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(
    android.R.drawable.editbox_dropdown_dark_frame);