What I\'m trying to do is define a common background for use in a LinearLayout which frequents my application on many of its Activitys. This particular layout is a header t
Drawable accepts multiple shapes, (defined always in others files) if i understand your question maybe you can do a Layer drawable (this draws multiple underlying drawables on top of each other)
i write this here, so, i dont tested, but try this and read this fantastic documentation.
the android complete xml resources
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