Using ImageView as background for an Android Layout

Question

I want to take advantage of the scaleType property, which I cannot use if I set my image using the background property on the LinearLayout. I\'ve tried using a

Answer 1

I cannot use above because of I have adapter and images are set from their to display in GridView. So, in 2019 Im doing like below:

The key attribute for Stacking view here is android:layout_centerInParent="true".

Also note that I created android:background="@drawable/shape_image_holder_text" to get some corner radius around my text view with some backdrop. Here is that xml:

To make my image adjust to height and width to same size in GridView. I created a custom class for SquareImageView(You can use default ImageView if you are not using GridView or if you don't care about this).

My SquareImageView.java file:

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

public class SquareImageView extends AppCompatImageView {

    public SquareImageView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public SquareImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
        //noinspection SuspiciousNameCombination
        super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, widthMeasureSpec);
    }

    public SquareImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    }
}

It look like this: