Android: Adding Background on a Custom TextView class

Question

I want to have a background of my TextView class, but I don\'t know how. I try to use the onDraw method on the class but it is not working.

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Answer 1

Try setBackground or setBackgroundResource

Answer 2

See Scale Drawable and Shape Drawable

Answer 3

You can set Background in following way,

public class Balls extends TextView{

    public Balls(Context context) {
        super(context);
        this.setText("ball");
        this.setBackgroundColor(R.drawable.imageName);
    }

    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);
        Paint paint = new Paint();
        paint.setColor(Color.RED);
        canvas.drawCircle(50, 50,30, paint);
    }
}

I used

 this.setBackgroundColor(R.drawable.imageName);

in constructor to set Background Image.Also you can set background color in same way.