Android: Tiled Background

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// Code
// 
// Example showing how to set a View's background to a tiled bitmap.
//     assumes: res/drawable/pattern01.png - The bitmap representing an individual tile

public void setViewTiledBackground(View view, Resources resources) {
    Bitmap tile = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(resources, R.drawable.pattern02);
    BitmapDrawable tiledBitmapDrawable = new BitmapDrawable(resources, tile);
    tiledBitmapDrawable.setTileModeX(Shader.TileMode.REPEAT);
    tiledBitmapDrawable.setTileModeY(Shader.TileMode.REPEAT);
    view.setBackgroundDrawable(tiledBitmapDrawable);
}
// ============================================================================================
// XML
//
// Example shows how to display a tiled image as a ViewGroup's background.
       assumes: res/drawable/pattern01.png - The bitmap representing an individual tile

/* res/layout/main.xml ************************************************************************

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:background="@drawable/tiled">
</LinearLayout>
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/* res/layout/drawable/tiled.xml **************************************************************
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bitmap
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:src="@drawable/pattern01"
    android:dither="true"
    android:tileMode="repeat"
    android:dither="true"
/>
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