On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Jake Colman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> "NE" == Nikolay Elenkov <[email protected]> writes: > > NE> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Jake Colman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I realize that this is not a programming question but I'm hoping > >> someone here can help with a quick solution. > >> > >> I have a 9-patch file that I use as my widget background. I did > >> not create it, I found it on the web. I am using the image as > >> both a 1x1 and 2x1 background depending on the widget size. My > >> problem is that the background does not stretch to fill the full > >> size of the 1x1 or 2x1 cell. > > NE> I seems the outer part is transparent, that is why it doesn't > NE> fill your full widget size. It's a trick to make widgets look > NE> smaller than the standard cell size. You need to cut out the > NE> transparent bits to make it work. > > NE> And no, no one will do your work for you. > > I tried a few things but could not figure our how, after removing the > transparent outer part, to resize the inner part or crop the image. > Instead, I did a 'zealous crop' with the transparency layer intact and > that shrunk the outer section quite nicely. >
Seems there's been a lot progress while I was sleeping :) Glad it you worked it out. If you just crop it, that will remove the 9-patch lines (the thins black lines at the edges), so it becomes a regular PNG image that doesn't scale automatically. In that case, you need to add those back with draw9patch (or the GIMP). Zealous crop doesn't touch them, so it's still a 9-patch image after you apply it. -- 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
