Setting background image in java

Question

So basically, I have an xml, which i want to reuse. The content is somewhat the same, only the background is different and a few adjustment too.. How can I go about to do this.. I have tried `View.setBackGroundDrawable(R.drawable.sample);` but it does not work. My app crash. I've placed my image inside one of the drawable folder though.

Accepted Answer

You can try to assign an id for your layout on your xml so that on your java code, you can set a different layout for it.. Here is an example:

```
 //assuming your Layout is named linearlayout1:
 LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearlayout1);
 ll.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.sample);
```

You can also create if statements before setting your background like:

```
LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linearlayout1);
if( yourifstatement) {
ll.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.sample);
}
```

If it is a RelativeLayout, then the same code applies, just change LinearLayout to RelativeLayout.

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Setting background image in java

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