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This question already has an answer here: How to get the width and height of an android.widget.ImageView? 10 answers What is the best way to retrieve the dimensions of the Drawable in an ImageView? My ImageView has an Init-Method where i create the ImageView: private void init() { coverImg = new ImageView(context); coverImg.setScaleType(ScaleType.FIT_START); coverImg.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.store_blind_cover)); addView(coverImg); } At some point during the layout oder measure process i need the exact dimensions of the Drawable to adjust the rest of my Components

I have done some extensive searching for code examples on this but cannot find anything. In particular, I am looking to add a shadow to a png drawable I am using in an ImageView. This png drawable is a rounded rect with transparent corners. Can somebody please provide a code example of how to add a decent drop shadow to a view either in code or XML? Josh You could use a combination of Bitmap.extractAlpha and a BlurMaskFilter to manually create a drop shadow for any image you need to display, but that would only work if your image is only loaded/displayed once in a while, since the process is

I have an ImageView with a source image set in the xml using the following syntax: <ImageView android:id="@+id/articleImg" style="@style/articleImgSmall_2" android:src="@drawable/default_m" /> Now I need to change this image programmatically. What I need to do is delete the old image and add a new one though. What I have done is this: myImgView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.monkey); It works but I noticed android stacks the new image on top of the old one (dont ask me how I found out it's not relevant for the discussion :). I definitely need to get rid of the old one before setting the new