yes you're right - thanks I hadn't considered future proofing or customized implementations, but it makes good sense.
mine doesn't look near as bad as the example I posted http://test-icu.com/images/android/stretched-arrow.png the icons I'm using are only 32x32 but I'll vamp them down so that they don't force the stretching On Jan 28, 12:27 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > You *could* copy the standard spinner image, edit it in Draw9Patch to > add stretch areas in more proper places, but I wouldn't recommend this: > if this image is replaced by the firmware, your application will not > match the rest of the phone's UI. To be specific, the Motorola Droid X > does this, as does the Samsung Galaxy S family, and maybe others. > > I would try to fit whatever content you have on one line, using TextView > "singleLine=true", and a smaller image, or come up with a different way > to show the current selection (a spinner that looks so different that > the user won't know it's a spinner?) > > -- Kostya > > 28.01.2011 21:15, kernelpanic пишет: > > > > > ok, let me clarify that I only want to affect my app. I created a > > spinner with an image and text, and the drop down arrow gets stretched > > in the middle - and it looks kinda like this guy's here > > >http://androidforbeginners.blogspot.com/2010/10/spinner-down-arrow-st... > > > i just want to change it (for my app) such that it stretches above and > > below the arrow. > > > On Jan 28, 12:11 pm, Kostya Vasilyev<kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You can copy the platform defaults into your project, edit them as you > >> like, and use with buttons by setting "android:background". This would > >> affect your own application. > > >> As for changing an Android resource so it affects other apps - sorry, no. > > >> -- Kostya > > >> 28.01.2011 21:07, kernelpanic пишет: > > >>> specifically, I am trying to change the 9 patch image used for > >>> btn_dropdown_normal.9.png > >>> anyone know how to override the stock 9 patch images without rooting > >>> the device or other silly ideas? > >>> I was hoping that selection of a 9 patch image file would cascade > >>> through from my project's drawable-mdpi to drawable to the platform > >>> default such that if I put that image in my project's drawable or > >>> drawable-mdpi, it would be used instead. > >>> so far I have had no success - any ideas welcome > >> -- > >> Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > >> --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com > > -- > Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
