Are you sure that b.9.png works correctly? It doesn't seem to stretch correctly either in the draw9patch tool.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:36 PM, craiget <crai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you for the replies. > > Maybe what's causing my confusion is a bug in aapt (or my > environment?) rather than misunderstanding the concept of 9-patch. In > which case I may be posting to the wrong place. > > I've got two files that demonstrate what's happening: > > This first file, Eclipse likes and it successfully gets packaged into > the application and everything is fine. > > http://maladroid.net/b.9.png > > This second file is exactly the same, except it duplicates the pattern > of 1px red bars for one more column. This file seems to cause aapt to > crash. However, it seems like it should be a valid 9-patch. > > http://maladroid.net/c.9.png > > The console shows an error message: > > *** glibc detected *** /home/me/android/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.1_r1/ > tools/aapt: realloc(): invalid old size: 0x09a50770 *** > [2009-03-03 21:21:15 - Test] ======= Backtrace: ========= > ~~~ etc > > > > Any ideas what could be causing that to happen? > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > On Mar 3, 6:28 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: >> A feature unfortunately added after the name itself was pretty set in stone. >> :) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: >> >> > > Because a ninepatch consists of 9 patches, only 5 of which are scaled, >> > > while the 4 corners are not scaled. An image that has a black top-left >> > > pixel therefore cannot be a ninepatch image. The draw9patch tool >> > > shouldn't even let you set the top-left to black. >> >> > Actually our 9patches really are n-patches. You can have as many >> > stretchable areas as you want. >> >> > -- >> > Romain Guy >> > Android framework engineer >> > romain...@android.com >> >> > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >> > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on >> > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them >> >> -- >> Dianne Hackborn >> Android framework engineer >> hack...@android.com > - Show quoted text - >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to >> provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public >> forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
