Android set XML shape as drawable programmatically

android xml resources drawable shape
CQM picture CQM · Jun 9, 2012 · Viewed 27.5k times · Source

Hello I have a drawable myshape.xml, it contains a <shape> and I cannot set an android:id to shapes.

In my code I want to set the background of a view to this file using

catAll.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.id......???));

where myshape.xml does not show up in my R file because it has no id. and I cannot set id to object.

In my XML I do set the shape by simply typing the drawable resource name. But I need to do this programmatically.

Answer

K-ballo picture K-ballo · Jun 9, 2012

You don't need to get the drawable yourself. Use this instead:

catAll.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.myshape);

For future reference, if you do wish to get the drawable keep in mind that drawables live in the R.drawable namespace. So your code would became:

getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.myshape);

This is akin to what you do in your XML:

@drawable/myshape

instead of

@id/myshape

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