lol...I just found out why. It is a stupid mistake. My background image is 400X100, but I ignored the white space which counts up to 200 pixel wide. That is why I can't see the whole image filling out the screen horizontally.
Sorry for my stupid mistake. Please ignore my question. Thanks. Stanley On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Stanley Li <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I have tried all attributes for android:scaleType but it still > doesn't work. > > I tried debugging it using log.d to see the width of the view > > int a =startGameB.getWidth(); > int b = startGameB.getHeight(); > log.d(TAG, String.valueOf(a)); > log.d(TAG, String.valueOf(b)); > > the result is "width = 480px", which is what I want. However, the > background image is not 480px. It is much smaller than 480px. > > Again, the xml for the button is: > > <Button > android:id="@+id/start_game_button" > android:layout_width="480px" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:text="@string/Start_Game" > android:textSize="25dip" > android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" > android:background="@drawable/startgame_button" > /> > > How can I change the size of the background image for the button? > > > > Thanks so much, > > Stanley > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:10 PM, HeHe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> i guess you could try android:scaleType attribute. >> >> On Jun 9, 2:06 pm, Stanley Li <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I try to make a button with a background image. However, the background >> > image is scaled down. >> > >> > In my xml code, I have: >> > >> > <Button >> > android:id="@+id/start_game_button" >> > android:layout_width="480px" >> > android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> > android:text="@string/Start_Game" >> > android:textSize="25dip" >> > android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" >> > android:background="@drawable/startgame_button" >> > /> >> > >> > The background image is 400X100. However, when it goes to the screen >> > (480X854), the image is much smaller than 400 pixel wide. >> > >> > If i use an image of 480X100, the image still can't fit the whole >> screen. >> > >> > It seems there is a relationship between layout_width and the size of >> the >> > background image. For example, when i set layout_width=700px, the >> background >> > image's width is increased but it still can't fit the whole screen >> > horizontally. >> > >> > Can any help me with this? >> > >> > Thanks so much. >> > >> > Stanley >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
