Actually, I am pretty sure that it is a 9-patch drawable, since the name widget_frame.9.png.
Here is a(nother) dumb question: what app can I use to do this editing. I didn't see anything in Gimp (using Ubuntu) that would allow me to set or modify any margins. Nor did I see anything about transparency. Looking again at Widget Design Guidelines page I see that they posted size-specific .psd files. If that's the case, it means that it is NOT where I got my widget_frame 9-patch. >>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> writes: KV> Jake, KV> If you need to remove the margins - well, remove the KV> margins. They are in the image, should be easy with any graphics KV> program, preferably you would make the image itself take a larger KV> portion of the canvas. KV> Using negative values for padding or margins are, AFAIK, not KV> supported (which would be another way, if it was possible). KV> As for transparency, those template backgrounds definitely have KV> transparency in them. If it's not showing up, perhaps you have KV> other images or view attributes that get in the way, or it could KV> be that you saved them with transparency disabled. KV> Finally, you might want to make a 1x1 background yourself, so it KV> doesn't have to be scaled at runtime, and that your widget looks KV> more crisp. A nine-patch drawable would let you share the KV> background between 1x1 and other sizes. KV> -- Kostya KV> 30.03.2011 17:28, Jake Colman пишет: >> I suppose that this is more of a graphics question than an Android SDK >> question but maybe I can get some help anyway. >> >> I downloaded the 2x1 widget frame from the Developers Guidelines page. >> This frame scales to 1x1 without an issue if I set the >> minHeight/minWidget parameters accordingly in the providers file. >> >> My problem is that the widget appears to have margins that are getting >> in my way and the background is opaque. >> >> How can I remove the margins from that widget (I want to display my text >> centered horizontally and vertically but need more display area) and how >> do I change the background to make it translucent? >> >> I am working on a Ubuntu VirtualBox and tried working with Gimp but >> could not figure anything out. >> >> Can anyone point me in the right direction or, better yet, just point me >> to a proper .png that I can use? >> >> Thanks. >> KV> -- KV> Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com KV> -- KV> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google KV> Groups "Android Developers" group. KV> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com KV> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to KV> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com KV> For more options, visit this group at KV> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Jake Colman -- Android Tinkerer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
