[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread dashman
Apologies - clarification - Not working means i don't see the background 9.png image. I changed the Button element to point directly to the 9.png image - and that works. from: Button android:background=@drawable/dialpad_selector /Button to: Button android:background=@drawable/dialpad /Button

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread bob
Not sure, but here's my selector that I think works: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? selector xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; item android:drawable=@drawable/orange_button android:state_enabled=false/ item android:drawable=@drawable/orange_button

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread bob
I tried your XML, and it seems fine. Maybe try a regular image that isn't a nine-patch? On Monday, January 14, 2013 2:52:05 PM UTC-6, dashman wrote: got a button defined as Button android:id=@+id/button1 android:background=@drawable/dialpad_selector

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread dashman
i replaced with plain png files and they don't work either. i put the png files (including the selector xml file) in the drawables folder. is that the right place? this is my current state of the files drawable/dialpad_selector.xml -- selector

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread dashman
looking at the log files, is see SkImageDecoder::Factory returned null I know the images are ok (not using 9patch) and clicked in the imageviewer. so most probably somehow the selector is not set up right. is there a minimum set of states one needs to specify - i just specified 1 global

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread bob
On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:36:05 AM UTC-6, dashman wrote: i replaced with plain png files and they don't work either. i put the png files (including the selector xml file) in the drawables folder. is that the right place? Yes. Also, I tried your layout, and that works fine for

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread dashman
Stupid error! when i created the selector file to eclipse drawable folder - i set the filename to dialpad_select - assuming that the .xml would be auto appended. if it's not - then then at compile time i should have gotton an error message because the dialpad_select.xml (just

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-15 Thread bob
Glad it is working. BTW, if you want some decent 9 patches without a lot of work, I found this app today: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android9patch.viewer On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:49:05 PM UTC-6, dashman wrote: Stupid error! when i created the selector file

[android-developers] Re: getting a 9-patch button working

2013-01-14 Thread lbendlin
why do you use an XML template if it's the same picture for all states? how did you create the nine patch? Did you try it in an image view? On Monday, January 14, 2013 3:52:05 PM UTC-5, dashman wrote: got a button defined as Button android:id=@+id/button1