background image not repeating in android layout

Question

i\'ve used the following code to repeat the image in the background but its not working can any one help?

Layout.xml

Answer 1

    try{ BitmapDrawable background = (BitmapDrawable) myView.getBackground();
    background.setTileModeXY(Shader.TileMode.REPEAT, Shader.TileMode.REPEAT); }
    catch(Exception e) { /*Do nothing; background is not BitmapDrawable; can be a color or null...*/ }