ImageView setScaleType not working

Question

I have an ImageView and I want to to scale CENTER_CROP. If I set the image src and scale type in XML it works great. But I need to set the image in code. The fo

Answer 1

and not forget that your ImageView must be NOT:

 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"

but ONLY:

 android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"

for proper transformation

Answer 2

setBackgroundResource sets imageView's background so it is normal behaviour that stretches...

Use setImageResource instead, it will set imageview's source so it will follow your scaleType definition.