I am struggling to use the draw 9 patch. I have created the following asset using the draw 9 patch
However when I embed it into the app using the following code:
<Button android:id="@+id/open_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/open_label"
android:width="100dip"
android:background="@drawable/simplebuttonbg"
/>
It doesn't work and shows the full image
Edit: I just fixed it in the process of documenting this question- so thought it might be useful to share: ( hope it helps someone)
1.Basically you can't just set button background to draw 9 patch.
You need to create a stateless drawable first with the data as such: in your drawables folder
android:drawable="@drawable/simplebuttonbg_pressed"
/>
<item
android:state_focused="true"
android:state_enabled="true"
android:drawable="@drawable/simplebuttonbg_pressed" />
then you can apply it as a style or a background brilliantly!