How To Change the Background (not just Background Color) of TextViews programmatically?

[Ged Mead]

I have a resource file that creates a shape:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">    <solid android:color="#E6BEBCBC"/>    <stroke android:width="3dp"        android:color="#FF8F8D8D "        />    <padding android:left="1dp"        android:top="1dp"        android:right="1dp"        android:bottom="1dp"        />    <corners android:bottomRightRadius="9dp" android:bottomLeftRadius="9dp"        android:topLeftRadius="8dp" android:topRightRadius="8dp"/> </shape>

I want to change the Background of various TextViews at run-time programatically.

I've tried various ways, using setBackground and setBackgroundResouerce together with things like getDrawable
e.g.

optionA.setBackgroundResource( getResources().getDrawable( R.id.letter_not_in_target_word ) );

and many others, but I just can't come up with a version that works.

I know how to change the backgroundColor but this only gives me a single color for the whole of the TextView.  Ideally I'd like to be able to use the shape I've created in the XML file which has a border, rounded corners as well as the main background color.

Can someone please help?  I feel like it should be something simple, but none of the searches I've done have produced the answer to this specific scenario..

[Tim Moores]

I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if TextView doesn't support anything in the background beyond the color. You could try using a View with the desired characteristics, and then putting the TextView on top of that.

[Ged Mead]

Tim Moores wrote:I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if TextView doesn't support anything in the background beyond the color. You could try using a View with the desired characteristics, and then putting the TextView on top of that.

Ah!  That would explain why even after an exhaustive search I couldn't find any mention of how to do this!
Thanks

[Giovanni Montano]

Ged Mead wrote:

Tim Moores wrote:I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if TextView doesn't support anything in the background beyond the color. You could try using a View with the desired characteristics, and then putting the TextView on top of that.

Ah!  That would explain why even after an exhaustive search I couldn't find any mention of how to do this!
Thanks

I guess you are looking for  "background tint". Should work to change resource programmatically in your Adapters