Drawing Nine Patch onto Canvas (Android)

Question

I\'m trying to draw a nine patch onto a Canvas object on the Android. What seems strange is that although I generated my nine patch using the draw9patch tool, the constructor fo

Answer 1

You can easily do it this way:

// Load the image as a NinePatch drawable
NinePatchDrawable npd = (NinePatchDrawable)Resources.getDrawable(R.drawable.my_nine_patch);

// Set its bound where you need
Rect npdBounds = new Rect(...);
npd.setBounds(npbBounds);

// Finally draw on the canvas
npd.draw(canvas);