Android: How to prevent image from being scaled in ImageView or ImageButton?

Question

How can I prevent my bitmap from being scaled automatically in an ImageView or ImageButton if the view or button is stretched using \"fill_parent\" or using \"weight\"?

Answer 1

Simply modify your drawable, apply a larger transparent background. Say my drawable in hdpi is 41*48 px icon.png . I created a new image 60*60 px with a transparent background , copy-paste the previous icon.png and save under the same name. This way you don't need to touch your layouts .

Then you can check the button zone larger if you apply a non transparent android:background:

Apply the previous and new drawable to android:src , you should clearly see ImageButton area.

By the way, I am running the app in compatibility mode.