how to change background in android layout

Question

I want to know how i can change my Layout Background.

Answer 1

There are multiple ways to accomplish this, it can be done via XML...

• android:background XML attritube. This can use a drawable in the form of "@drawable/imagefile" or a color value "#FF000000".

or perform the color change programmatically with the following functions:

• setBackgroundResource: Set the background to a given resource. The resource should refer to a Drawable object or 0 to remove the background.
• setBackgroundColor: Sets the background color for this view.