Is there a way to set background from android:drawable programatically?

Question

Well I know that this can be done in xml this way

android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_dropdown_dark_frame"

this line above is from my mind so it can have some errors, but basically is that way. Now how can I do the same thing but programatically?

Thanks

Ted Hopp · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-25 22:34:59Z

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You can do it like this (from a View subclass):

setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.editbox_dropdown_dark_frame);

If you have a reference to the view (say, from findViewById), you can do the same thing:

View v = . . .;
v.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.editbox_dropdown_dark_frame);

If you like, you can retrieve the Drawable itself directly:

Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(
    android.R.drawable.editbox_dropdown_dark_frame);

answered Oct 25, 2012 at 22:34

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SemperFly · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-25 22:35:15Z

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<TextView
android:id="@+id/background_tv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

TextView toChange = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.background_tv);
toChange.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.editbox_dropdown_dark_frame);

answered Oct 25, 2012 at 22:35

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