I created an app where I use Google Books API in it.
As part of the attributions they require, I need to add to each query results the following button:
Now, I wanted to use that Image as a background to a button but I got this results:
As you can see it seems to be stretched with bad quality.
The xml I used is:
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/tv_Link"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="24dp"
android:layout_alignStart="#+id/imagecard"
android:layout_alignEnd="#+id/imagecard"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/imagecard"
android:background="#drawable/gbs_preview_button"
android:elevation="50dp"
android:fontFamily="#font/assistant_semibold"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/colorLightPurple"
android:textSize="8sp" />
In order to fix it, I decided to use bitmap:
<bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/gbs_preview_button"
android:tileMode="disabled"/>
The problem is that it became small like this (good quality, but small):
This dimension is too small since they require the height to be 24dp.
Is there any way I can add this image to the button, to make it 24dp height and still to keep the quality of the image?
Thank you
As you want to hardcode the height to 24dp, then you can also hardcode the width to a value that keeps the aspect ratio of the original image size which is (88 x 31).
So, set the width to 68dp instead of wrap_content
I am trying to create a custom drawable which includes a 9-patch background image (named custom_bg below) and a regular png image (accordion_up). The latter should not be scaled.
I tried several variations of something along the lines of:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:drawable="#drawable/custom_bg"/>
<item
android:layout_width="10dp"
android:layout_height="10dp"
android:drawable="#drawable/accordion_up"
android:gravity="right" />
</layer-list>
Tried different values for layout_width/layout_height and also width/height but all I get is the accordion image is stretched to fill the entire view. I would like it to float at the top right of the view instead, scaled only to match the dpi of the device, but not expanded to fit the view. How can I do that?
The Situation:
I have a imageview with a layer list of two drwables.
The frame drwable is 800x400px and the cover drawable is 800x380px.
Both images reside in the folder drawable
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/preview_img_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.9"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/result_preview"/>
The Drwable layer list in drawable/result_preview
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:id="#+id/cover">
<bitmap
android:gravity="left|top"
android:src="#drawable/cover" />
</item>
<item
android:id="#+id/frame">
<bitmap
android:gravity="left|top"
android:src="#drawable/frame" />
</item>
</layer-list>
This setup works as expected the cover is displayed framed on all devices. Now the user can replace the sample cover with another cover of the same size.
Replacing the cover in the layer list and leave the frame as is.
LayerDrawable layer = (LayerDrawable) getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.result_preview);
InputStream coverIs = getContentResolver().openInputStream(Uri.parse(coverUri));
this.drwCover = (BitmapDrawable) BitmapDrawable.createFromStream(coverIs, coverUri);
drwCover.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT | Gravity.TOP);
//drwCover.getBitmap().setDensity(160);
layer.setDrawableByLayerId(R.id.cover, drwCover);
imageView.setImageDrawable(layer);
The Problem:
Replacing the current cover with a new one (same dimensions as old) produces different results depending on the Device used.
On a device with a 3.2 screen and a 480x320 resolution the cover replaced fits in the frame. On a device with a 3.7 and a 800x480 resolution the replaced cover is displayed smaller then the old one.
What I found out is that the drwable in the imageview on the small device has a intrinsic height of 800x400 same as the dimensions of the drawable.
On the bigger screen the intrinsic height of the drawable is 30% bigger.
I know the the intrinsic values may differ from screen to screen.
What I was expecting is that the drawable that replaces the old one should will be scaled up the same way the old one was to +30%. But this did not happen.
Question:
Is there a option to tell the imageview or the layer list to Adpt itself? I think there should be a way to do so because the system did it already at the beginning.
First, I'd suggest doing the cover/frame differently:
make your frame a nine-patch drawable, so you can define in the nine-patch the padding that will remain visible when the cover is drawn on top of it.
put the frame drawable as a background
set the cover as the src of the image, and not the layer list
don't forget to set a scaleType for your ImageView, play with the different options, so suit your needs.
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/preview_img_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.9"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:background="#drawable/frame"
android:src="#drawable/cover"/>
For other having the same problem. 9patch png is a solution to a problem I don't have.
So far the only thing that came close to solve the problem was to put my resources into the folder drawable-nodpi. Here is the reference to the docs
Situtation:
I am working on a small application which should enable user to trigger something depending on which part of the screen they clicked. Imagine a picture of a teddy bear and if you click a nose it says "nose". What I have done is put in layout xml a LinearLayout. Because I have to cover different screen sizes I didn't set background in a xml layout file.
snippet form xml:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/viewMain"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:visibility="visible" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/viewThouShaltRespondToClicks"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:clickable="true"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:longClickable="true"
android:visibility="visible" />
<!-- mask -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/viewInvisibleMask"
android:visibility="invisible"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
And then in onCreate event of activity I check the display resolution and via setBackgroundResource() set the appropriate background. I have prepared background images for each resolution.
final Point QVGA = new Point(240,320); // portrait
// Obtain the screen resolution if the device
Display defaultDisplay = ((WindowManager)this.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
Point displayResolution = new Point(defaultDisplay.getWidth(), defaultDisplay.getHeight());
if (displayResolution.equals(QVGA))
{
viewThouShaltRespondToClicks.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.image_to_be_clicked_upon_240x320);
viewInvisibleMask.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.mask_240x320);
}
else if ... // check for another resolution
Even if the image in the resources is not in the correct dimension it is stretched/shrinked to the screen size. This would be OK as long as the width-height ratio of background image is similar to ratio of display and the resulting image is not kewed to much. But there is a problem, explained below.
To detect which region was clicked, the region itself might be irregular shaped I have taken the following approach. I create an image – mask (bmp) with same dimensions as background image only that it has a white background and the clickable areas are in different colors. The color identifies the area. All I have to is get a coordinate of a click event (no problem here), go to the mask image and read the color of pixel on this coordinates. The problem is that the mask image is not of the correct size. On my device it is set to 1200x700, but I guess it takes on some arbitrary size on other devices.
First question: Is there a way to somehow convince the invisible layout to load background image and then stretch/shrink it to display size as it happens for visible layout by itself?
Another approach would be to load mask image (bmp, png) into some memory structure and resize it to display size.
I have tried with something like:
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inScaled = false; // do not scale
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;
bitmapMask = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(this.getResources(), R.drawable.mask, options);
// on this place stretch shrink should follow but I have no idea how
But I don’t know how to scale Bitmap to proper size.
Any suggestions?
First question: yes, you can have a separate View in your layout containing the mask image, and set it to be invisible with android:visibility=invisible.
Second question: you can read a pixel value from the bitmap with Bitmap.getPixel(). Docs are here.
Just a simple suggestion. You could have the reference image in an imageview behind the real image. So both images are loaded in the exact same way, placed in ImageViews, and then inserted into a relativelayout. That way they should be equal size, and only one of them is visible.
This might not be a very pretty way of doing it, and i'm not sure if it will work, but you can try it out.
I found this great thread describing how to "eat the cake and have it too", i.e. use image for a Button instead of ImageButton (which doesn't allow SetText(), resizing, etc.).
This is achieved by using the View attribute:
android:background="#drawable/bgimage"
The only problem with this is that it stretches the image to fit the button size.
Short of hard-coding a fixed button size (in pixels!), is there a way to tell Android not to stretch the background image at all and either crop or pad it?
You can create an xml bitmap and use it as background for the view. To prevent stretching you can specify android:gravity attribute.
for example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:src="#drawable/dvdr"
android:tileMode="disabled" android:gravity="top" >
</bitmap>
There are a lot of options you can use to customize the rendering of the image
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#Bitmap
You should use ImageView if you don't want it to stretch.
Background images will always stretch to fit the view.
You need to set it as a Drawable to force the image aspect to the object.
Otherwise, if you are sticking with the Button idea, then you will need to force the scaling in the button to prevent the image from stretching.
Code:
onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
// Set content layout, etc up here
// Now adjust button sizes
Button b = (Button) findViewById(R.id.somebutton);
int someDimension = 50; //50pixels
b.setWidth(someDimension);
b.setHeight(someDimension);
}
Simply using ImageButton instead of Button fixes the problem.
<ImageButton android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/bgimage" />
and you can set
android:background="#null"
to remove button background if you want.
Quick Fix !! :-)
I am using an ImageView in an RelativeLayout that overlays with my normal layout. No code required.
It sizes the image to the full height of the screen (or any other layout you use) and then crops the picture left and right to fit the width. In my case, if the user turns the screen, the picture may be a tiny bit too small. Therefore I use match_parent, which will make the image stretch in width if too small.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/main_backgroundImage"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
//comment: Stretches picture in the width if too small. Use "wrap_content" does not stretch, but leaves space
android:layout_height="match_parent"
//in my case I always want the height filled
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
//will crop picture left and right, so it fits in height and keeps aspect ratio
android:contentDescription="#string/image"
android:src="#drawable/your_image" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/main_root"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I had the same problem: you should only use a 9-patch image (.9.png) instead of your original picture.
Serge
Use draw9patch... included within Android Studio's SDK tools. You can define the stretchable areas of your image. Important parts are constrained and the image doesn't look all warped. A good demo on dra9patch is HERE
Use draw9patch to change your existing splash.png into new_splash.9.png,
drag new_splash.9.png into the drawable-hdpi project folder
ensure the AndroidManifest and styles.xml are proper as below:
AndroidManifest.xml:
<application
...
android:theme="#style/splashScreenStyle"
>
styles.xml:
<style name="splashScreenStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:windowBackground">#drawable/new_splash</item>
</style>
I had a background image, not big in size, but with weird dimensions - therefore the stretching and bad performance. I made a method with parameters Context, a View and a drawable ID(int) that will match the device screen size. Use this in e.g a Fragments onCreateView to set the background.
public void setBackground(Context context, View view, int drawableId){
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),drawableId);
bitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, Resources.getSystem().
getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels,
Resources.getSystem().getDisplayMetrics().heightPixels,
true);
BitmapDrawable bitmapDrawable = new BitmapDrawable(context.getResources(),
bitmap);
view.setBackground(bitmapDrawable);
}
Here's a version of Santosh's answer for programmatically-created buttons, without the need for a separate XML configuration:
Button button = new Button(getContext());
Bitmap backgroundBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.my_button);
BitmapDrawable backgroundDrawable = new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), backgroundBitmap);
backgroundDrawable.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER); // also LEFT, CENTER_VERTICAL, etc.
backgroundDrawable.setColorFilter(new PorterDuffColorFilter(Color.RED, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP));
button.setBackground(backgroundDrawable);
I included the ColorFilter line since that works a little differently from buttons with a normal background image.
You can use a FrameLayout with an ImageView as the first child, then your normal layout as the second child:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/background_image_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/your_drawable"/>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/your_actual_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
The key is to set the drawable as the image of the button, not as a background. Like this:
rb.setButtonDrawable(R.drawable.whatever_drawable);
One can use a plain ImageView in his xml and make it clickable
(android:clickable="true")?
You only have to use as src an image that has been shaped like a button i.e round corners.