How to clear an ImageView in Android?
I am reusing ImageView s for my displays, but at some point I don't have values to put it. So how to clear an ImageView in Android? I've tried: mPhotoView.invalidate(); mPhotoView.setImageBitmap(null); None of them have cleared the view, it still shows previous image. Mario Lenci I used to do it with the dennis.sheppard solution: viewToUse.setImageResource(0); it works but it is not documented so it isn't really clear if it effects something else in the view (you can check the ImageView code if you like, i didn't). I think the best solution is: viewToUse.setImageResource(android.R.color