How do I get a background image to scale in android studio? - android

So I am trying to import a custom image as the background of an android app however it does not fill in all of the edges. The option I have seen is to set a second layout to be a frame layout and then place an image view within it with additional coding along the lines of android:scaleType="centerCrop". This will not fill the entire screen up for me however, heres a screenshot of what ends up happening -
Heres the xml code being used:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/backgroundImage"
android:background="#drawable/backgroundImgr"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
/>
</FrameLayout>
Another issue is that different users use different resolutions so the background image has to be able to accommodate them all without being cut off. I'm not sure how to do this.

Set ScaleType fitXY and add android:adjustViewBounds ="true"
Please use android:src="#drawable/ instead background .I hope it will helps you.

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ImageView overlaps BottomBar but it doesn't get displayed

I'm using a library named AHBottomNavigation and what I want to achieve in my layout is add an ImageView on top of the bottom bar.
So I wrapped the bottomBar inside a FrameLayout and added an ImageView :
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.aurelhubert.ahbottomnavigation.AHBottomNavigation
android:id="#+id/bb_bottom_bar_navigation"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/icon"
android:layout_gravity="center" android:contentDescription="Take Photo"
android:layout_width="32dp" android:layout_height="32dp" />
</FrameLayout>
and while it seems to work (and I can confirm that on three devices I have already tested I can see the image) when I test it on devices that run android 5.0 or later the image is not there!
I have tried different pngs, adding background color to the ImageView but still no result.
If I use uiautomatorView I can see the View is in the position I want it and takes the space I have already defined in the xml.
Obviously there's something that intercepts the view from drawing, but I don;t know such a mechanism on android. I tried digging through the code of the library but don't knowing what I'm searching for didn't help.
Any ideas ? (cause I'm out of ideas)

Kindle Fire Images not stretching to fill screen

Long time lurker, first time poster here!
I'm having a problem specifically on my Kindle Fire where when I insert an image (in this case a header and footer) into a relative layout and set the width to "match_parent" or "fill_parent", there is a white border around the sides.
However when I put an image into a linear layout and set the exact same parameters, it works properly.
It works perfectly on phones and my Samsung tablet, I just can't figure out what's going wrong on the Fire.
I'm hoping someone here has a fix for this problem. I can't find anything about it through google or the StackOverflow search.
Here is the XML code for my header and the relative layout.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="*****************.MainActivity"
android:background="#drawable/background_xhdpi">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageHeader"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/header_xhdpi"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"/>
(Example of the problem)
Thanks for your time!
To anyone else having this problem a fellow developer gave me the solution.
Add this to your ImageViews that aren't stretching properly:
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"

How to make background larger then screen and rotate it?

Want to make space background to my activity and begin to rotate it slowly, but i stuck with that:
screenshot (http://postimg.org/)
The effect I need need I can get if add in XML file
android:scaleY="2"
android:scaleX="2"
but it will not work, android scale pic down when app start.
Guys, really need your help, I in android for 4 day and have bad english
----ADDED---
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:src="#drawable/backgroundd"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
I have not tried this, and I am not sure it is the best solution, but could you set a negative android:layout_marginon the image?
android:layout_margin="-100dp"
See here for more: How to get a view larger than its parent?
Also, posting your full XML could help us know more about how you are setting up the layout.

Android: Adding text below an image

I am trying to have an image be fitted, and have a layout below it with some black background and whit text. My problem is that the layout ends up leaving space between the image and the text itself, and I don't understand why:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitStart" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="15dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/image" >
<TextView
style="#style/text_overlay"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<!-- Couple more elements -->
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I would want this second RelativeLayout of 15dp touch the bottom of the image, but unless I change the image height to something small, it leaves some space. This layout specifies how to display an image + some text below it, but I have a total of 4 images that use this layout to get loaded on the screen, in a 2x2 display. (Each image takes 25% of the screen).
Any idea how to make the RelativeLayout align exactly with the bottom of the image please?
I do not fully understand your question though I think you might have a look at the launcher layout for my Newspaper Puzzles app...
http://code.google.com/p/newspaper-puzzles/source/browse/np/res/layout/launcher_layout.xml
or perhaps from the Open Sudoku Game look at the number pad layout found here:
http://code.google.com/p/newspaper-puzzles/source/browse/np/res/layout/s_im_numpad.xml
Use the ADT tools to get the right layout is probably best if possible but I know sometimes it is difficult to use to get specific results I still recommend using the xml tools included in the Android Development Tools.
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adt.html#graphical-editor
I would recomend using a compound drawable if you're trying to put text directly below an ImageView.
See the following question for more details: How do I use a compound drawable instead of a LinearLayout that contains an ImageView and a TextView

Android - Change position and size of gallery?

I have a gallery in my app, is there a way change the position of it?
I tried android:gravity="center" but that did nothing. Cant get the gallery to move.
Also can the gallery be made bigger? By an exact size too? I don't want it to be fullscreen but i do want it to be bigger than it normally is. Close to fullscreen. Nothing i've done has changed it.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
You can use layout_width and layout_height to set the size, the Gallery can be made to be pretty much any size you like. Usually you'll chose wrap_contents or fill_parent, but if you want to you can explicitly set the height to something such as 400dp and the width you would probably want to keep fill_parent. See declaring layout in Android docs for more info.
EDIT: Here is an example in XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Gallery xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/gallery"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="400dp"
android:spacing="2px"
/>

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