Button.setBackground(Drawable background) throws NoSuchMethodError

Question

I\'m implementing a simple method to add a Button to a LinearLayout programatically.

When I invoke the setBackground(Drawable background) metho

Answer 1

Since after Android 16 , the setBackgroundDrawable is deprecated, I suggested to checked before set code

you need to check current version of Android also

Button bProfile; // your Button
Bitmap bitmap; // your bitmap

if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 16) {
    bProfile.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), bitmap));
}
else {
    bProfile.setBackground(new BitmapDrawable(getResources(),bitmap));
}