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Jedi Schmedi
Jedi Schmedi

Reputation: 818

Set background behind image

I got a picture that I want to use. I set it as following:

ImageView menu = new ImageView(this);

menu.setLayoutParams(new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
  RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
  RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));

  menu.setImageResource(R.drawable.menu);

They annoying thing is that I get white pixels on the sides of it cause I want to keep the aspect of the pic.

I can stretch the image by using menu.setScaleType(ScaleType.FIT_XY); but that will make the person on it look really fat. The picture is dark and the pixels are white so they do show quite well. :/

Is there I way I can first apply black color and then the image above that color?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 816

Answers (2)

Supreethks
Supreethks

Reputation: 607

To set a background color to any view on android you can use android:background attribute in layout xml or by calling setBackgroundColor(int id) in java code.

But if you really want just to set the image in bounds you can give a try to android:scaletype="centerCrop"

Upvotes: 1

Joe Trader
Joe Trader

Reputation: 17

Using set BackgroundColor will also remove any padding, borders and what not attached to the object. If that is the result you want, that is a reasonable approach. If blasting the objects current style will cause problems, I would look to use CSS to set the background color and change the css styles through code if things are happening after page load. Consider using a border around the image that is colored the way you want to hide what is underneath?

Upvotes: 0

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