Creating & Using 9-patch images in Android

Question

I recently heard about 9-patch images. I know its 9 tiled and is stretchable. I\'d like to know more about it.

• How can I create a 9-patch image?

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Answer 1

How can I create a 9-patch image? Is there any tool? Can I create it from AndroidSDK or code?

When you search a major search engine for android 9-patch tool, the very first hit is for the Android developer documentation page on the draw9patch tool.

Main Advantages of 9-patch over regular png? (is it stretchable dynamically/ automatically according to screen?)

The Android developer documentation contains other pages that describe nine-patch PNG files. This documentation includes passages like:

A NinePatchDrawable graphic is a stretchable bitmap image, which Android will automatically resize to accommodate the contents of the View in which you have placed it as the background. An example use of a NinePatch is the backgrounds used by standard Android buttons — buttons must stretch to accommodate strings of various lengths.