how to get the id for the background of a button?

srajpal · by **srajpal** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:21 pm

I created a button like so

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Button b;
 
b.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bg_img);
 
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does anybody know how the get the id for the image back out of the button?

I tried

b.getBackground();
and
b.getResources();

but i cannot figure out how to get to the id to see what image is set as the background of the button.

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:26 pm

You probably can't because not every button has a background resource. But you can get the drawable...

srajpal · by **srajpal** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:45 pm

how would i compare that to images i have to see which image was on the button?
i have 6 buttons with images and i need to know which button has which image as the images will change on the buttons as they are clicked.

Quetzalcoatl · by **Quetzalcoatl** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:14 pm

Easiest way would be to store the state of the button somewhere within the class. You could have something like

int mButtonState = null;

b.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.bg_img);
mButtonState = R.drawable.bg_img;

So that you always know what your button has been set to rather than analysing the button directly. :wink:

srajpal · by **srajpal** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:56 pm

that is the way i did it but i thought it was extraneous, i wanted to simplify the programming
thank you for your help

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:01 am

Quetzalcoatl wrote:int mButtonState = null;

This won't work, int is not a reference type

.

Quetzalcoatl · by **Quetzalcoatl** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:20 am

int mButtonState = 0;

Which I suppose isn't necessary as Java does it for you I believe :shock:

MrSnowflake · by **MrSnowflake** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:24 am

Well it is supposed to

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darolla · by **darolla** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:34 pm

isnt it easier to use xml for that buttons instead of java?

u need that <selector> stuff...

viewtopic.php?p=17050

http://www.androidianer.de/eigene-buttons-definieren

tinytutcustom_button_backgrounds-better_imagebutton-t4298.html

greetings,
darolla

srajpal · by **srajpal** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:07 am

wow those are some excellent tutorials, i will definitely do it this way when i am designing my own buttons

i was makings a button that will take one of 8 colors so i am not able to do it that way

my final app looks like this, each of the circles is a button

coming soon to the market place

how to get the id for the background of a button?

how to get the id for the background of a button?

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