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TinkerTek
TinkerTek

Reputation: 39

Android Studio Fullscreen Background Image with android:background

I have been trying to make an Android app with a full screen background image, but just can't get the picture to fill the whole screen.

Here's what I have so far:

activity_main_screen.xml:

<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
tools:context=".MainScreen"
android:background="@mipmap/background">

</RelativeLayout>

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 10160

Answers (3)

Uday Vissa
Uday Vissa

Reputation: 13

Move background.png to the drawable folder. Then change your code to

<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
tools:context=".MainScreen"
android:background="@drawable/background"

>

Upvotes: 0

Ed Holloway-George
Ed Holloway-George

Reputation: 5149

Any images other than icons should not be placed in the mipmap folder.

According to the official Android blog:

It’s best practice to place your app icons in mipmap- folders (not the drawable- folders) because they are used at resolutions different from the device’s current density. - (source)

You will need to move background.png to the relevant drawable folder.

Upvotes: 6

fida1989
fida1989

Reputation: 3249

Try like the following:

<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
tools:context=".MainScreen"
android:background="@mipmap/background"

>

Upvotes: 0

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