I found this by Romain Guy and it worked perfectly http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/msg/0714e077e25d63a6
On Dec 18, 6:09 am, alan <[email protected]> wrote: > if you use a state drawable then you can do this you need the > "<selector>" xml element, its not very well documented but if you have > the android source you can get some examples from there > > On Dec 18, 6:10 am, Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My goal is to have a method for creating buttons in that I can use > > custom backgrounds (one for normal and one for highlighted/selected > > state) and use the normal text drawing on top of it. > > > Just setting the background on a regular Button works except for no > > highlighting. ImageButton can't draw text. > > > Does this require a custom class? If so, would it be better to extend > > Button or ImageButton? I really want all the regular button > > functionality with focus and selection but just using my 2 background > > images. > > > Also - if anyone has done this, can I get a little code snippet? I'd > > like to avoid reinventing the wheel. > > > Thanks! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

