How to make an app's background image repeat

Question

I have set a background image in my app, but the background image is small and I want it to be repeated and fill in the whole screen. What should I do?

<LinearLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:orientation="vertical"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     android:background="@drawable/bg"     android:tileMode="repeat"> 

Answer 1

Ok, here's what I've got in my app. It includes a hack to prevent ListViews from going black while scrolling.

drawable/app_background.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>     <bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"         android:src="@drawable/actual_pattern_image"         android:tileMode="repeat" /> 

values/styles.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>    <style name="app_theme" parent="android:Theme">     <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/app_background</item>     <item name="android:listViewStyle">@style/TransparentListView</item>     <item name="android:expandableListViewStyle">@style/TransparentExpandableListView</item>   </style>    <style name="TransparentListView" parent="@android:style/Widget.ListView">     <item name="android:cacheColorHint">@android:color/transparent</item>   </style>    <style name="TransparentExpandableListView" parent="@android:style/Widget.ExpandableListView">     <item name="android:cacheColorHint">@android:color/transparent</item>   </style>  </resources> 

AndroidManifest.xml:

// <application android:theme="@style/app_theme"> //