I searched a lot but didn't find anything. I want to make a background for a layout , but instead of filling it with a color or a gradient I want to fill it with a texture and repeat it . I tried this but it didn't work . Can you tell me a solution.
card_texture.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bitmap
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:src="@drawable/paper_texture"
android:tileMode="repeat"
/>
card_shape.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
android:shape="rectangle" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color = "@android:color/transparent"/>
<stroke android:width="2dp"
android:color="@color/text_color"/>
<corners
android:radius="20dp"
/>
</shape>
card_background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="@drawable/card_texture" >
<corners
android:radius = "20dp"/>
</item>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/card_shape" />
</layer-list>
and this is how I use it in my Layout android:background="@drawable/card_background"
I get something like this. But I want the corners(marked with red) of the texture to be transparent and to fit in the black border
I called this res/drawable/bg_tile.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bitmap
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:src="@drawable/tile"
android:tileMode="mirror"
android:dither="true"
android:antialias="true"
/>
I use it like:
android:background="@drawable/bg_tile"
Obiously, I prepared a tile to be mirrored horizontally and vertically (most tiles make a funny effect like that) and called it res/drawable-a-dpi-resolution/tile.png
a-dpi-resolution being ldpi, mdpi, ..., xxxhdpi
If you want to use a composite background (i.e. a gradient and a tiling bitmap over it - but the bitmap has to be somehow transparent, or it will cover the gradient), you can make a LayerList background (so that different "layers" are dran one ontop of another)
To do that, you'll need to add another background file, i.e.: res/drawable/bg_radial.xml:
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle"
>
<gradient
android:startColor="#@color/bar_int_md"
android:centerColor="#@color/bar_mid_md"
android:endColor="#@color/bar_ext_md"
android:gradientRadius="480"
android:type="radial"
/>
</shape>
and finally the LayerList, which sticks them together (res/drawable/bg.xml):
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="@drawable/bg_radial" />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/bg_tile" />
</layer-list>
Note that the first item is drawn first. Next items are drawn ontop of each other, being the last one the "uppermost".
So, finally you would use this like:
android:background="@drawable/bg"
Nice!
to make your image corners rounded use following function:
public static Bitmap getRoundedCornerBitmap(Bitmap bitmap, int pixels) {
Bitmap output = Bitmap.createBitmap(bitmap.getWidth(),
bitmap.getHeight(), Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(output);
final int color = 0xff424242;
final Paint paint = new Paint();
final Rect rect = new Rect(0, 0, bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight());
final RectF rectF = new RectF(rect);
final float roundPx = pixels;
paint.setAntiAlias(true);
canvas.drawARGB(0, 0, 0, 0);
paint.setColor(color);
canvas.drawRoundRect(rectF, roundPx, roundPx, paint);
paint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(Mode.SRC_IN));
canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, rect, rect, paint);
return output;
}
in onCreate
do this:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.menu)
View rl = (View) findViewById(R.id.root);//get the reference of the layout that you set as background
LayerDrawable layer = (LayerDrawable) rl.getBackground();
BitmapDrawable bg = (BitmapDrawable) layer.getDrawable(1);
Drawable d =new BitmapDrawable(getRoundedCornerBitmap(bg.getBitmap(),10));//pass corner radius
layer.setDrawableByLayerId(1, d);
rl.setBackgroundDrawable(d);
}