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android - How to set listView item background like whatsapp

I was wondering how could I set an background image for each listView item ? I've done this so far but no success , I made a customListView and set an image as background for the layout . It did work but for long items , the image stretch and become to a very bad shape . Could you help me . this is an image of what i mean . enter image description here

thanks you

Solution

  • Set ListView parent background with any drawable asset and listView background transparent then in listViewAdapter you have to item background transparent with 9patch image at wrapContent Width parameter of textView in listItem.