Question

when I set the background of my editText with “setBackgroundResource”, everything works fine. When I use “setBackgroundDrawable” with the same image it ends up stretched …

The result with “setBackgroundResource” on the left, “setBackgroundDrawable” on the right :

https://i.stack.imgur.com/yQi5n.jpg
(sorry I’m not allowed to post images here …)

The code :

View chips = EditChipsActivity.this.findViewById(mydID);
chips.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.chips_filter);

VS :

View chips = EditChipsActivity.this.findViewById(mydID);
Bitmap bkg = ((BitmapDrawable) getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.chips_filter)).getBitmap();
BitmapDrawable bkg = new BitmapDrawable(bkg);
chips.setBackgroundDrawable(bkg);

(I have to create my own bitmap and use the setBackgroundDrawable because I want to draw on the background)

Answer 1

Try this:

View chips = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
    Bitmap bkg = ((BitmapDrawable) getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.chips_filter)).getBitmap();
    BitmapDrawable bkgbt = new BitmapDrawable(getResources(),bkg);
    chips.setBackgroundDrawable((Drawable) bkgbt);

And your EditText:

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
    </EditText>

I’m not if this do what you want….