How to set a shape's background in xml?
I just created a red circle using android shapes: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:innerRadiusRatio="4" android:shape="ring" android:thicknessRatio="9" android:useLevel="false" > <solid android:color="#FF0000" /> <size android:height="48dip" android:width="48dip" /> </shape> This is really cool, but I cannot set the background color of the circle to my color. I tried android:background="#FFFFFF" but it always appear to be black in my layout. How can I set the background of the above shape? I think a layer-list