Wish: Background patterns

[alfcen]

Is there any possibility of setting a background pattern for views like in CSS (background: url(image.png) repeat-x,y)?

Just an idea: View.Background.Tile(Files.DirAssets,"panelbg.png", [X,Y,Null]) 'default, both, X and Y.

This would help reduce application size.

 

[thedesolatesoul]

Did anyone manage to tile an image across a view/panel/activity?
Thanks.

 

[NeoTechni]

You can do that manually with a nested loop.

 

[alfcen]

This can be implemented with the expense of a webview using CSS for tiling an image across the background.

WebView1.Width = Activity.Width + 20dip
WebView1.ZoomEnabled = False
WebView1.LoadHtml("<html><body style='padding:0;margin:0; background: url(file:///android_asset/bg.gif) repeat;'></body></html>")

However, a solution without an extra view (or looping) may be more desirable.

 

[NeoTechni]

I would seriously recommend just using 2 loops and drawing a bitmap yourself. Uses FAR less resources than a webview

 

[ssg]

have a look at option 3 here.. might be what you need, add snippet to a code module and you can even tile the background of an edittext:

The quest for a better UX - the backgrounds.

tried it a long while ago... should still work...

good luck!

 

[thedesolatesoul]

I think this should be the fastest / least code solution to do tiling on a view and leaving the OS to deal with the resource management.

Sub TiledBackGround
   Dim bd As BitmapDrawable 
   bd.Initialize(LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets,"tileback.jpg"))
   
   Dim r As Reflector 
   r.Target = bd
   r.RunMethod3("setTileModeXY","REPEAT", "android.graphics.Shader$TileMode", _
                         "REPEAT", "android.graphics.Shader$TileMode")
   Activity.Background = bd
End Sub

 

[maxtech1988]

I think this should be the fastest / least code solution to do tiling on a view and leaving the OS to deal with the resource management.

Sub TiledBackGround
   Dim bd As BitmapDrawable
   bd.Initialize(LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets,"tileback.jpg"))
  
   Dim r As Reflector
   r.Target = bd
   r.RunMethod3("setTileModeXY","REPEAT", "android.graphics.Shader$TileMode", _
                         "REPEAT", "android.graphics.Shader$TileMode")
   Activity.Background = bd
End Sub

Great Solution!

Works perfectly, really thx.

 

[DonManfred]

I think this should be the fastest / least code solution to do tiling on a view and leaving the OS to deal with the resource management.

Sounds like something good for the Snippet-Database ;-)

 

[thedesolatesoul]

Sounds like something good for the Snippet-Database ;-)

Already there: http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/tiling-an-image-settiledbackground.39310/

 

[DonManfred]

Ohh, i missed that thread it seems