[android-developers] Re: nine patch details

Hmmm…

Ok, the docs say this:

"The bottom and right lines define the relative area within the image that the contents of the View are allowed to lie within."

Hmmmm…  This confused me earlier, but I think I get it.  So, if you have a button with text, the text will be placed in the area defined by the bottom and right lines?

Also, in case it helps anyone, remember 9 patches can't be downscaled.  This confused me so much.  I couldn't figure out why my buttons were so big.

On Thursday, June 28, 2012 1:36:22 PM UTC-5, RichardC wrote:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html#nine-patch 

On Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:33:47 PM UTC+1, bob wrote:

Can someone help me understand exactly what Android considers a nine patch?

I'm thinking of making my own nine-patch utility.  I know there is draw9patch.bat, but I think there could be something better.

Here is my guess.  To make a nine-patch, you take an image and give it a 1-pixel border.  Then, on the right, there's a black vertical line along the height (but not counting the curves).  On the bottom there's the same thing but horizontal.  On the left, there is a dot in the center.  On the top, dot in the center.  And, by black, I mean r=0 g=0, b=0, a=255.

Does this sound right?

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