creating a drawable from sd card to set as a background in android

Question

I am trying to use an image from the sd card and set it as the background for a relativelayout. I have tried other solutions that i have found here and elsewhere but they h

Answer 1

I suggest checking that the drawable is being loaded correctly. Some things to try:

• Try using a different image on the sd card
• Put pic.png in R.drawable and make sure mRoot.setBackgroundResource() does what you expect
• After loading the drawable, check d.getBounds() to make sure it is what you expect