In Android, a Drawable is a general abstraction for "something that can be drawn."
Questions tagged [android-drawable]
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Storing R.drawable IDs in XML array
I would like to store drawable resources' ID in the form of R.drawable.* inside an array using an XML values file, and then retrieve the array in my activity.
Any ideas of how to achieve this?

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How to fix: android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification posted from package *: Couldn't create icon: StatusBarIcon
I'm seeing the following exception in crash logs:
android.app.RemoteServiceException: Bad notification posted from package com.my.package: Couldn't create icon: StatusBarIcon(pkg=com.my.package user=0 id=0x7f02015d level=0 visible=true num=0 )
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Style bottom Line in Android
I need to create an android shape so that only the bottom has stroke (a dashed line). When I try the following, the stroke bisects the shape right through the center. Does anyone know how to get it right? the stroke needs to be the bottom…

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Progress bar with rounded corners?
I am trying to achieve this progress bar design:
The current code that I have produces this:
This is the code:
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How to center vector drawable in layer-list without scaling
I am attempting to use a VectorDrawable in a LayerList without scaling the vector. For example:
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Drawable image on a canvas
How can I get an image to a canvas in order to draw on that image?

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how to change a drawableLeft icon size on a button?
I added some icons on 4 buttons and they look so big next to the button. So how can I resize them? I used drawableLeft on the buttons to add icons.
The drawables are called deal, trophy, puzzle and megaphone. The icons are too big.
The…

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Open-sided Android stroke?
Is it possible to create an Android shape object with stroke on only certain sides?
Eg I have:
Which is similar to this…

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How to reference style attributes from a drawable?
I want to have 2 selectable themes for my application. In order to do that, I defined some attributes, like this:
Then, I created both themes, like this: