Android background hides child view text

Question

I have a simple LinearLayout. When I add the android:background to the LinearLayout, the TextView is no longer visible.

What am I

Answer 1

It seems that LinearLayouts with backgrounds expand wierdly. I just used a Framelayout to create a header. Here's the XML if anyone wants I. It takes an ImageView that points to a NinePatched background and stretches it.