Scale background image to wrap content of layout

Question

I have a layout that contains some text fields and has a background image that\'s displayed at the top of my activity. I\'d like the background image to scale to wrap the c

Answer 1

Try this code.....

<LinearLayout 
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:id="@+id/HeaderList" 
   android:orientation="vertical"
   android:layout_gravity="top"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
   android:background="@drawable/header">
<TextView 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:id="@+id/NameText"
    android:text="Jhn Doe" 
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:textSize="30sp" 
    android:paddingLeft="4dp"
    android:paddingTop="4dp" 
/>
<TextView 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:id="@+id/HoursText"
    android:text="170 hours" 
    android:textSize="23sp" 
    android:paddingLeft="4dp" 
/>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 2

You can use this:

<ImageView
...
android:scaleType="fitXY"
>

Hope it helped)))

Answer 3

You may try this trick,

• FrameLayout (wrapcontent, wrapcontent)
• • ImageView (match parent, match parent) // its your background
• • LinearLayout (wrapcontent, wrapcontent)
• • • All your contents goes inside this linear layout or any other type what ever you want