Kostyra, Thanks for trying to help.
The problem turned out to be that the image has an alpha channel (transparency) that is simply way bigger than I'd like. After trying a number of things, I found that a 'zealous autocrop' resized the image but kept some transparency around the edges. As a 9-patch the background resizes quite nicely as needed. Thanks. ...Jake >>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> writes: KV> The file is a nine-patch, and should fill the view KV> automatically. And I'm sorry to say, it does that just fine for KV> all my widgets. KV> If you think the issue is with this particular file, you could KV> try testing with one of the nine-patches under KV> <android-sdk-root>\platforms\android-X\data\res. KV> Other than that, you could try completely cleaning the project in KV> Eclipse and/or uninstalling the application with "adb uninstall" KV> just to make sure nothing is interfering with your testing. KV> -- Kostya KV> 2011/6/20 Jake Colman <[email protected]> >> >> Kostya, >> >> The background is specified in XML exactly as you suggested. When I >> click and hold on the widget to drag it, Android's outline box is larger >> than the widget itself. If I write code to invoke setBackgroundColor() >> in lieu of setbackgroundresource() the color fills in a larger square >> than does the background resource. Doesn't all that indicate that there >> is something about the PNG file, itself, that needs to be changed to >> make it appear larger? >> >> ...Jake >> >> >>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> writes: >> KV> I just dropped the image into my project, and set it as an KV> android:background for a layout (activity, not wiget). >> KV> It worked fine. >> KV> It's a good sign that your widget is getting filled with color - KV> perhaps there is something unusual about how you set the KV> background? >> KV> I would try the simplest thing possible - set it with KV> android:background and remove any code that might touch that. >> KV> -- Kostya >> KV> 2011/6/20 Jake Colman <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> Using some new preference settings in my widget, the user can >> completely >> >> replace the background image with a color. When I do that, the >> painted >> >> area is quite a bit larger than the area covered when I use the >> >> background image. I think that is the equivalent of what you asked me >> >> to check, correct? >> >> >> >> ...Jake >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>>> "KV" == Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> writes: >> >> KV> It looks fine, and enlarges properly in draw9patch. Are you KV> certain the layout where it's used as the background actually KV> gets larger width and / or height? >> >> KV> Try setting android:background="#FF008040" or some such to check. >> >> KV> -- Kostya >> >> KV> 2011/6/20 Nikolay Elenkov <[email protected]> >> >> >> 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 >> [email protected] KV> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to KV> [email protected] 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 [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 >> 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 [email protected] KV> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to KV> [email protected] 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 [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
