Android Nine-patch equivalent for other platforms

android nine-patch
Guilherme picture Guilherme · Apr 6, 2011 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

I have just learned about Android nine-patches idea, and it is a pretty good idea. My question is if it is an Android pattern or there is implementations like that for other platforms, probably differently named.

Thanks!

Answer

ferostar picture ferostar · Apr 6, 2011

In iOS you can also strech images in code with StretchableImages. You specify the left, right caps and the "rest" is stretched. I think is basicaly the same idea, this is something like a tutorial on it: http://blog.chomperstomp.com/creating-dynamically-re-sizable-buttons-for-iphone-apps/

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