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Added in API level 1

Drawable

public abstract class Drawable
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
Known Direct Subclasses
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A Drawable is a general abstraction for "something that can be drawn." Most often you will deal with Drawable as the type of resource retrieved for drawing things to the screen; the Drawable class provides a generic API for dealing with an underlying visual resource that may take a variety of forms. Unlike a View, a Drawable does not have any facility to receive events or otherwise interact with the user.

In addition to simple drawing, Drawable provides a number of generic mechanisms for its client to interact with what is being drawn:

Though usually not visible to the application, Drawables may take a variety of forms:

Custom drawables

All versions of Android allow the Drawable class to be extended and used at run time in place of framework-provided drawable classes. Starting in API 24, custom drawables classes may also be used in XML.

Note: Custom drawable classes are only accessible from within your application package. Other applications will not be able to load them.

At a minimum, custom drawable classes must implement the abstract methods on Drawable and should override the draw(Canvas) method to draw content.

Custom drawables classes may be used in XML in multiple ways:

Developer Guides

For more information about how to use drawables, read the Canvas and Drawables developer guide. For information and examples of creating drawable resources (XML or bitmap files that can be loaded in code), read the Drawable Resources document.

Summary

Nested classes

interface Drawable.Callback

Implement this interface if you want to create an animated drawable that extends Drawable

class Drawable.ConstantState

This abstract class is used by Drawables to store shared constant state and data between Drawables. 

Public constructors

Drawable()

Public methods

void applyTheme(Resources.Theme t)

Applies the specified theme to this Drawable and its children.

boolean canApplyTheme()
void clearColorFilter()

Removes the color filter for this drawable.

final Rect copyBounds()

Return a copy of the drawable's bounds in a new Rect.

final void copyBounds(Rect bounds)

Return a copy of the drawable's bounds in the specified Rect (allocated by the caller).

static Drawable createFromPath(String pathName)

Create a drawable from file path name.

static Drawable createFromResourceStream(Resources res, TypedValue value, InputStream is, String srcName, BitmapFactory.Options opts)

Create a drawable from an inputstream, using the given resources and value to determine density information.

static Drawable createFromResourceStream(Resources res, TypedValue value, InputStream is, String srcName)

Create a drawable from an inputstream, using the given resources and value to determine density information.

static Drawable createFromStream(InputStream is, String srcName)

Create a drawable from an inputstream

static Drawable createFromXml(Resources r, XmlPullParser parser)

Create a drawable from an XML document.

static Drawable createFromXml(Resources r, XmlPullParser parser, Resources.Theme theme)

Create a drawable from an XML document using an optional Resources.Theme.

static Drawable createFromXmlInner(Resources r, XmlPullParser parser, AttributeSet attrs, Resources.Theme theme)

Create a drawable from inside an XML document using an optional Resources.Theme.

static Drawable createFromXmlInner(Resources r, XmlPullParser parser, AttributeSet attrs)

Create from inside an XML document.

abstract void draw(Canvas canvas)

Draw in its bounds (set via setBounds) respecting optional effects such as alpha (set via setAlpha) and color filter (set via setColorFilter).

int getAlpha()

Gets the current alpha value for the drawable.

final Rect getBounds()

Return the drawable's bounds Rect.

Drawable.Callback getCallback()

Return the current Drawable.Callback implementation attached to this Drawable.

int getChangingConfigurations()

Return a mask of the configuration parameters for which this drawable may change, requiring that it be re-created.

ColorFilter getColorFilter()

Returns the current color filter, or null if none set.

Drawable.ConstantState getConstantState()

Return a Drawable.ConstantState instance that holds the shared state of this Drawable.

Drawable getCurrent()
Rect getDirtyBounds()

Return the drawable's dirty bounds Rect.

void getHotspotBounds(Rect outRect)

Populates outRect with the hotspot bounds.

int getIntrinsicHeight()

Returns the drawable's intrinsic height.

int getIntrinsicWidth()

Returns the drawable's intrinsic width.

int getLayoutDirection()

Returns the resolved layout direction for this Drawable.

final int getLevel()

Retrieve the current level.

int getMinimumHeight()

Returns the minimum height suggested by this Drawable.

int getMinimumWidth()

Returns the minimum width suggested by this Drawable.

abstract int getOpacity()

Return the opacity/transparency of this Drawable.

void getOutline(Outline outline)

Called to get the drawable to populate the Outline that defines its drawing area.

boolean getPadding(Rect padding)

Return in padding the insets suggested by this Drawable for placing content inside the drawable's bounds.

int[] getState()

Describes the current state, as a union of primitve states, such as state_focused, state_selected, etc.

Region getTransparentRegion()

Returns a Region representing the part of the Drawable that is completely transparent.

void inflate(Resources r, XmlPullParser parser, AttributeSet attrs, Resources.Theme theme)

Inflate this Drawable from an XML resource optionally styled by a theme.

void inflate(Resources r, XmlPullParser parser, AttributeSet attrs)

Inflate this Drawable from an XML resource.

void invalidateSelf()

Use the current Drawable.Callback implementation to have this Drawable redrawn.

boolean isAutoMirrored()

Tells if this Drawable will be automatically mirrored when its layout direction is RTL right-to-left.

boolean isFilterBitmap()
boolean isStateful()

Indicates whether this drawable will change its appearance based on state.

final boolean isVisible()
void jumpToCurrentState()

If this Drawable does transition animations between states, ask that it immediately jump to the current state and skip any active animations.

Drawable mutate()

Make this drawable mutable.

boolean onLayoutDirectionChanged(int layoutDirection)

Called when the drawable's resolved layout direction changes.

static int resolveOpacity(int op1, int op2)

Return the appropriate opacity value for two source opacities.

void scheduleSelf(Runnable what, long when)

Use the current Drawable.Callback implementation to have this Drawable scheduled.

abstract void setAlpha(int alpha)

Specify an alpha value for the drawable.

void setAutoMirrored(boolean mirrored)

Set whether this Drawable is automatically mirrored when its layout direction is RTL (right-to left).

void setBounds(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)

Specify a bounding rectangle for the Drawable.

void setBounds(Rect bounds)

Specify a bounding rectangle for the Drawable.

final void setCallback(Drawable.Callback cb)

Bind a Drawable.Callback object to this Drawable.

void setChangingConfigurations(int configs)

Set a mask of the configuration parameters for which this drawable may change, requiring that it be re-created.

void setColorFilter(int color, PorterDuff.Mode mode)

Specify a color and Porter-Duff mode to be the color filter for this drawable.

abstract void setColorFilter(ColorFilter colorFilter)

Specify an optional color filter for the drawable.

void setDither(boolean dither)

This method was deprecated in API level 23. This property is ignored.

void setFilterBitmap(boolean filter)

Set to true to have the drawable filter its bitmaps with bilinear sampling when they are scaled or rotated.

void setHotspot(float x, float y)

Specifies the hotspot's location within the drawable.

void setHotspotBounds(int left, int top, int right, int bottom)

Sets the bounds to which the hotspot is constrained, if they should be different from the drawable bounds.

final boolean setLayoutDirection(int layoutDirection)

Set the layout direction for this drawable.

final boolean setLevel(int level)

Specify the level for the drawable.

boolean setState(int[] stateSet)

Specify a set of states for the drawable.

void setTint(int tintColor)

Specifies tint color for this drawable.

void setTintList(ColorStateList tint)

Specifies tint color for this drawable as a color state list.

void setTintMode(PorterDuff.Mode tintMode)

Specifies a tint blending mode for this drawable.

boolean setVisible(boolean visible, boolean restart)

Set whether this Drawable is visible.

void unscheduleSelf(Runnable what)

Use the current Drawable.Callback implementation to have this Drawable unscheduled.

Protected methods

void onBoundsChange(Rect bounds)

Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you vary based on the bounds.

boolean onLevelChange(int level)

Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you vary based on level.

boolean onStateChange(int[] state)

Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you recognize the specified state.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Public constructors

Drawable

Added in API level 1
Drawable ()

Public methods

applyTheme

Added in API level 21
void applyTheme (Resources.Theme t)

Applies the specified theme to this Drawable and its children.

Parameters
t Resources.Theme: the theme to apply

canApplyTheme

Added in API level 21
boolean canApplyTheme ()

Returns
boolean

clearColorFilter

Added in API level 1
void clearColorFilter ()

Removes the color filter for this drawable.

copyBounds

Added in API level 1
Rect copyBounds ()

Return a copy of the drawable's bounds in a new Rect. This returns the same values as getBounds(), but the returned object is guaranteed to not be changed later by the drawable (i.e. it retains no reference to this rect). If the caller already has a Rect allocated, call copyBounds(rect).

Returns
Rect A copy of the drawable's bounds

copyBounds

Added in API level 1
void copyBounds (Rect bounds)

Return a copy of the drawable's bounds in the specified Rect (allocated by the caller). The bounds specify where this will draw when its draw() method is called.

Parameters
bounds Rect: Rect to receive the drawable's bounds (allocated by the caller).

createFromPath

Added in API level 1
Drawable createFromPath (String pathName)

Create a drawable from file path name.

Parameters
pathName String
Returns
Drawable

createFromResourceStream

Added in API level 5
Drawable createFromResourceStream (Resources res, 
                TypedValue value, 
                InputStream is, 
                String srcName, 
                BitmapFactory.Options opts)

Create a drawable from an inputstream, using the given resources and value to determine density information.

Parameters
res Resources
value TypedValue
is InputStream
srcName String
opts BitmapFactory.Options
Returns
Drawable

createFromResourceStream

Added in API level 4
Drawable createFromResourceStream (Resources res, 
                TypedValue value, 
                InputStream is, 
                String srcName)

Create a drawable from an inputstream, using the given resources and value to determine density information.

Parameters
res Resources
value TypedValue
is InputStream
srcName String
Returns
Drawable

createFromStream

Added in API level 1
Drawable createFromStream (InputStream is, 
                String srcName)

Create a drawable from an inputstream

Parameters
is InputStream
srcName String
Returns
Drawable

createFromXml

Added in API level 1
Drawable createFromXml (Resources r, 
                XmlPullParser parser)

Create a drawable from an XML document. For more information on how to create resources in XML, see Drawable Resources.

Parameters
r Resources
parser XmlPullParser
Returns
Drawable
Throws
XmlPullParserException
IOException

createFromXml

Added in API level 21
Drawable createFromXml (Resources r, 
                XmlPullParser parser, 
                Resources.Theme theme)

Create a drawable from an XML document using an optional Resources.Theme. For more information on how to create resources in XML, see Drawable Resources.

Parameters
r Resources
parser XmlPullParser
theme Resources.Theme
Returns
Drawable
Throws
XmlPullParserException
IOException

createFromXmlInner

Added in API level 21
Drawable createFromXmlInner (Resources r, 
                XmlPullParser parser, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                Resources.Theme theme)

Create a drawable from inside an XML document using an optional Resources.Theme. Called on a parser positioned at a tag in an XML document, tries to create a Drawable from that tag. Returns null if the tag is not a valid drawable.

Parameters
r Resources
parser XmlPullParser
attrs AttributeSet
theme Resources.Theme
Returns
Drawable
Throws
XmlPullParserException
IOException

createFromXmlInner

Added in API level 1
Drawable createFromXmlInner (Resources r, 
                XmlPullParser parser, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Create from inside an XML document. Called on a parser positioned at a tag in an XML document, tries to create a Drawable from that tag. Returns null if the tag is not a valid drawable.

Parameters
r Resources
parser XmlPullParser
attrs AttributeSet
Returns
Drawable
Throws
XmlPullParserException
IOException

draw

Added in API level 1
void draw (Canvas canvas)

Draw in its bounds (set via setBounds) respecting optional effects such as alpha (set via setAlpha) and color filter (set via setColorFilter).

Parameters
canvas Canvas: The canvas to draw into

getAlpha

Added in API level 19
int getAlpha ()

Gets the current alpha value for the drawable. 0 means fully transparent, 255 means fully opaque. This method is implemented by Drawable subclasses and the value returned is specific to how that class treats alpha. The default return value is 255 if the class does not override this method to return a value specific to its use of alpha.

Returns
int

getBounds

Added in API level 1
Rect getBounds ()

Return the drawable's bounds Rect. Note: for efficiency, the returned object may be the same object stored in the drawable (though this is not guaranteed), so if a persistent copy of the bounds is needed, call copyBounds(rect) instead. You should also not change the object returned by this method as it may be the same object stored in the drawable.

Returns
Rect The bounds of the drawable (which may change later, so caller beware). DO NOT ALTER the returned object as it may change the stored bounds of this drawable.

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getCallback

Added in API level 11
Drawable.Callback getCallback ()

Return the current Drawable.Callback implementation attached to this Drawable.

Returns
Drawable.Callback A Drawable.Callback instance or null if no callback was set.

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getChangingConfigurations

Added in API level 1
int getChangingConfigurations ()

Return a mask of the configuration parameters for which this drawable may change, requiring that it be re-created. The default implementation returns whatever was provided through setChangingConfigurations(int) or 0 by default. Subclasses may extend this to or in the changing configurations of any other drawables they hold.

Returns
int Returns a mask of the changing configuration parameters, as defined by ActivityInfo.

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getColorFilter

Added in API level 21
ColorFilter getColorFilter ()

Returns the current color filter, or null if none set.

Returns
ColorFilter the current color filter, or null if none set

getConstantState

Added in API level 1
Drawable.ConstantState getConstantState ()

Return a Drawable.ConstantState instance that holds the shared state of this Drawable.

Returns
Drawable.ConstantState The ConstantState associated to that Drawable.

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getCurrent

Added in API level 1
Drawable getCurrent ()

Returns
Drawable The current drawable that will be used by this drawable. For simple drawables, this is just the drawable itself. For drawables that change state like StateListDrawable and LevelListDrawable this will be the child drawable currently in use.

getDirtyBounds

Added in API level 21
Rect getDirtyBounds ()

Return the drawable's dirty bounds Rect. Note: for efficiency, the returned object may be the same object stored in the drawable (though this is not guaranteed).

By default, this returns the full drawable bounds. Custom drawables may override this method to perform more precise invalidation.

Returns
Rect The dirty bounds of this drawable

getHotspotBounds

Added in API level 23
void getHotspotBounds (Rect outRect)

Populates outRect with the hotspot bounds.

Parameters
outRect Rect: the rect to populate with the hotspot bounds

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getIntrinsicHeight

Added in API level 1
int getIntrinsicHeight ()

Returns the drawable's intrinsic height.

Intrinsic height is the height at which the drawable would like to be laid out, including any inherent padding. If the drawable has no intrinsic height, such as a solid color, this method returns -1.

Returns
int the intrinsic height, or -1 if no intrinsic height

getIntrinsicWidth

Added in API level 1
int getIntrinsicWidth ()

Returns the drawable's intrinsic width.

Intrinsic width is the width at which the drawable would like to be laid out, including any inherent padding. If the drawable has no intrinsic width, such as a solid color, this method returns -1.

Returns
int the intrinsic width, or -1 if no intrinsic width

getLayoutDirection

Added in API level 23
int getLayoutDirection ()

Returns the resolved layout direction for this Drawable.

Returns
int One of LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR, LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL

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getLevel

Added in API level 1
int getLevel ()

Retrieve the current level.

Returns
int int Current level, from 0 (minimum) to 10000 (maximum).

getMinimumHeight

Added in API level 1
int getMinimumHeight ()

Returns the minimum height suggested by this Drawable. If a View uses this Drawable as a background, it is suggested that the View use at least this value for its height. (There will be some scenarios where this will not be possible.) This value should INCLUDE any padding.

Returns
int The minimum height suggested by this Drawable. If this Drawable doesn't have a suggested minimum height, 0 is returned.

getMinimumWidth

Added in API level 1
int getMinimumWidth ()

Returns the minimum width suggested by this Drawable. If a View uses this Drawable as a background, it is suggested that the View use at least this value for its width. (There will be some scenarios where this will not be possible.) This value should INCLUDE any padding.

Returns
int The minimum width suggested by this Drawable. If this Drawable doesn't have a suggested minimum width, 0 is returned.

getOpacity

Added in API level 1
int getOpacity ()

Return the opacity/transparency of this Drawable. The returned value is one of the abstract format constants in PixelFormat: UNKNOWN, TRANSLUCENT, TRANSPARENT, or OPAQUE.

An OPAQUE drawable is one that draws all all content within its bounds, completely covering anything behind the drawable. A TRANSPARENT drawable is one that draws nothing within its bounds, allowing everything behind it to show through. A TRANSLUCENT drawable is a drawable in any other state, where the drawable will draw some, but not all, of the content within its bounds and at least some content behind the drawable will be visible. If the visibility of the drawable's contents cannot be determined, the safest/best return value is TRANSLUCENT.

Generally a Drawable should be as conservative as possible with the value it returns. For example, if it contains multiple child drawables and only shows one of them at a time, if only one of the children is TRANSLUCENT and the others are OPAQUE then TRANSLUCENT should be returned. You can use the method resolveOpacity(int, int) to perform a standard reduction of two opacities to the appropriate single output.

Note that the returned value does not necessarily take into account a custom alpha or color filter that has been applied by the client through the setAlpha(int) or setColorFilter(ColorFilter) methods. Some subclasses, such as BitmapDrawable, ColorDrawable, and GradientDrawable, do account for the value of setAlpha(int), but the general behavior is dependent upon the implementation of the subclass.

Returns
int int The opacity class of the Drawable.

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getOutline

Added in API level 21
void getOutline (Outline outline)

Called to get the drawable to populate the Outline that defines its drawing area.

This method is called by the default ViewOutlineProvider to define the outline of the View.

The default behavior defines the outline to be the bounding rectangle of 0 alpha. Subclasses that wish to convey a different shape or alpha value must override this method.

Parameters
outline Outline

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getPadding

Added in API level 1
boolean getPadding (Rect padding)

Return in padding the insets suggested by this Drawable for placing content inside the drawable's bounds. Positive values move toward the center of the Drawable (set Rect.inset).

Parameters
padding Rect
Returns
boolean true if this drawable actually has a padding, else false. When false is returned, the padding is always set to 0.

getState

Added in API level 1
int[] getState ()

Describes the current state, as a union of primitve states, such as state_focused, state_selected, etc. Some drawables may modify their imagery based on the selected state.

Returns
int[] An array of resource Ids describing the current state.

getTransparentRegion

Added in API level 1
Region getTransparentRegion ()

Returns a Region representing the part of the Drawable that is completely transparent. This can be used to perform drawing operations, identifying which parts of the target will not change when rendering the Drawable. The default implementation returns null, indicating no transparent region; subclasses can optionally override this to return an actual Region if they want to supply this optimization information, but it is not required that they do so.

Returns
Region Returns null if the Drawables has no transparent region to report, else a Region holding the parts of the Drawable's bounds that are transparent.

inflate

Added in API level 21
void inflate (Resources r, 
                XmlPullParser parser, 
                AttributeSet attrs, 
                Resources.Theme theme)

Inflate this Drawable from an XML resource optionally styled by a theme. This can't be called more than once for each Drawable. Note that framework may have called this once to create the Drawable instance from XML resource.

Parameters
r Resources: Resources used to resolve attribute values
parser XmlPullParser: XML parser from which to inflate this Drawable
attrs AttributeSet: Base set of attribute values
theme Resources.Theme: Theme to apply, may be null
Throws
XmlPullParserException
IOException
XmlPullParserException

inflate

Added in API level 1
void inflate (Resources r, 
                XmlPullParser parser, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Inflate this Drawable from an XML resource. Does not apply a theme.

Parameters
r Resources
parser XmlPullParser
attrs AttributeSet
Throws
XmlPullParserException
IOException

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invalidateSelf

Added in API level 1
void invalidateSelf ()

Use the current Drawable.Callback implementation to have this Drawable redrawn. Does nothing if there is no Callback attached to the Drawable.

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isAutoMirrored

Added in API level 19
boolean isAutoMirrored ()

Tells if this Drawable will be automatically mirrored when its layout direction is RTL right-to-left. See LayoutDirection.

Returns
boolean boolean Returns true if this Drawable will be automatically mirrored.

isFilterBitmap

Added in API level 23
boolean isFilterBitmap ()

Returns
boolean whether this drawable filters its bitmaps

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isStateful

Added in API level 1
boolean isStateful ()

Indicates whether this drawable will change its appearance based on state. Clients can use this to determine whether it is necessary to calculate their state and call setState.

Returns
boolean True if this drawable changes its appearance based on state, false otherwise.

See also:

isVisible

Added in API level 1
boolean isVisible ()

Returns
boolean

jumpToCurrentState

Added in API level 11
void jumpToCurrentState ()

If this Drawable does transition animations between states, ask that it immediately jump to the current state and skip any active animations.

mutate

Added in API level 3
Drawable mutate ()

Make this drawable mutable. This operation cannot be reversed. A mutable drawable is guaranteed to not share its state with any other drawable. This is especially useful when you need to modify properties of drawables loaded from resources. By default, all drawables instances loaded from the same resource share a common state; if you modify the state of one instance, all the other instances will receive the same modification. Calling this method on a mutable Drawable will have no effect.

Returns
Drawable This drawable.

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onLayoutDirectionChanged

Added in API level 23
boolean onLayoutDirectionChanged (int layoutDirection)

Called when the drawable's resolved layout direction changes.

Parameters
layoutDirection int: the new resolved layout direction
Returns
boolean true if the layout direction change has caused the appearance of the drawable to change such that it needs to be re-drawn, false otherwise

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resolveOpacity

Added in API level 1
int resolveOpacity (int op1, 
                int op2)

Return the appropriate opacity value for two source opacities. If either is UNKNOWN, that is returned; else, if either is TRANSLUCENT, that is returned; else, if either is TRANSPARENT, that is returned; else, OPAQUE is returned.

This is to help in implementing getOpacity().

Parameters
op1 int: One opacity value.
op2 int: Another opacity value.
Returns
int int The combined opacity value.

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scheduleSelf

Added in API level 1
void scheduleSelf (Runnable what, 
                long when)

Use the current Drawable.Callback implementation to have this Drawable scheduled. Does nothing if there is no Callback attached to the Drawable.

Parameters
what Runnable: The action being scheduled.
when long: The time (in milliseconds) to run.

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setAlpha

Added in API level 1
void setAlpha (int alpha)

Specify an alpha value for the drawable. 0 means fully transparent, and 255 means fully opaque.

Parameters
alpha int

setAutoMirrored

Added in API level 19
void setAutoMirrored (boolean mirrored)

Set whether this Drawable is automatically mirrored when its layout direction is RTL (right-to left). See LayoutDirection.

Parameters
mirrored boolean: Set to true if the Drawable should be mirrored, false if not.

setBounds

Added in API level 1
void setBounds (int left, 
                int top, 
                int right, 
                int bottom)

Specify a bounding rectangle for the Drawable. This is where the drawable will draw when its draw() method is called.

Parameters
left int
top int
right int
bottom int

setBounds

Added in API level 1
void setBounds (Rect bounds)

Specify a bounding rectangle for the Drawable. This is where the drawable will draw when its draw() method is called.

Parameters
bounds Rect

setCallback

Added in API level 1
void setCallback (Drawable.Callback cb)

Bind a Drawable.Callback object to this Drawable. Required for clients that want to support animated drawables.

Parameters
cb Drawable.Callback: The client's Callback implementation.

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setChangingConfigurations

Added in API level 1
void setChangingConfigurations (int configs)

Set a mask of the configuration parameters for which this drawable may change, requiring that it be re-created.

Parameters
configs int: A mask of the changing configuration parameters, as defined by ActivityInfo.

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setColorFilter

Added in API level 1
void setColorFilter (int color, 
                PorterDuff.Mode mode)

Specify a color and Porter-Duff mode to be the color filter for this drawable.

Convenience for setColorFilter(ColorFilter) which constructs a PorterDuffColorFilter.

Note: Setting a color filter disables tint.

Parameters
color int
mode PorterDuff.Mode

setColorFilter

Added in API level 1
void setColorFilter (ColorFilter colorFilter)

Specify an optional color filter for the drawable.

If a Drawable has a ColorFilter, each output pixel of the Drawable's drawing contents will be modified by the color filter before it is blended onto the render target of a Canvas.

Pass null to remove any existing color filter.

Note: Setting a non-null color filter disables tint.

Parameters
colorFilter ColorFilter: The color filter to apply, or null to remove the existing color filter

setDither

Added in API level 1
void setDither (boolean dither)

This method was deprecated in API level 23.
This property is ignored.

Set to true to have the drawable dither its colors when drawn to a device with fewer than 8-bits per color component.

Parameters
dither boolean

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setFilterBitmap

Added in API level 1
void setFilterBitmap (boolean filter)

Set to true to have the drawable filter its bitmaps with bilinear sampling when they are scaled or rotated.

This can improve appearance when bitmaps are rotated. If the drawable does not use bitmaps, this call is ignored.

Parameters
filter boolean

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setHotspot

Added in API level 21
void setHotspot (float x, 
                float y)

Specifies the hotspot's location within the drawable.

Parameters
x float: The X coordinate of the center of the hotspot
y float: The Y coordinate of the center of the hotspot

setHotspotBounds

Added in API level 21
void setHotspotBounds (int left, 
                int top, 
                int right, 
                int bottom)

Sets the bounds to which the hotspot is constrained, if they should be different from the drawable bounds.

Parameters
left int: position in pixels of the left bound
top int: position in pixels of the top bound
right int: position in pixels of the right bound
bottom int: position in pixels of the bottom bound

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setLayoutDirection

Added in API level 23
boolean setLayoutDirection (int layoutDirection)

Set the layout direction for this drawable. Should be a resolved layout direction, as the Drawable has no capacity to do the resolution on its own.

Parameters
layoutDirection int: the resolved layout direction for the drawable, either LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR or LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL
Returns
boolean true if the layout direction change has caused the appearance of the drawable to change such that it needs to be re-drawn, false otherwise

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setLevel

Added in API level 1
boolean setLevel (int level)

Specify the level for the drawable. This allows a drawable to vary its imagery based on a continuous controller, for example to show progress or volume level.

If the new level you are supplying causes the appearance of the Drawable to change, then it is responsible for calling invalidateSelf() in order to have itself redrawn, and true will be returned from this function.

Parameters
level int: The new level, from 0 (minimum) to 10000 (maximum).
Returns
boolean Returns true if this change in level has caused the appearance of the Drawable to change (hence requiring an invalidate), otherwise returns false.

setState

Added in API level 1
boolean setState (int[] stateSet)

Specify a set of states for the drawable. These are use-case specific, so see the relevant documentation. As an example, the background for widgets like Button understand the following states: [state_focused, state_pressed].

If the new state you are supplying causes the appearance of the Drawable to change, then it is responsible for calling invalidateSelf() in order to have itself redrawn, and true will be returned from this function.

Note: The Drawable holds a reference on to stateSet until a new state array is given to it, so you must not modify this array during that time.

Parameters
stateSet int: The new set of states to be displayed.
Returns
boolean Returns true if this change in state has caused the appearance of the Drawable to change (hence requiring an invalidate), otherwise returns false.

setTint

Added in API level 21
void setTint (int tintColor)

Specifies tint color for this drawable.

A Drawable's drawing content will be blended together with its tint before it is drawn to the screen. This functions similarly to setColorFilter(int, PorterDuff.Mode).

To clear the tint, pass null to setTintList(ColorStateList).

Note: Setting a color filter via setColorFilter(ColorFilter) or setColorFilter(int, PorterDuff.Mode) overrides tint.

Parameters
tintColor int: Color to use for tinting this drawable

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setTintList

Added in API level 21
void setTintList (ColorStateList tint)

Specifies tint color for this drawable as a color state list.

A Drawable's drawing content will be blended together with its tint before it is drawn to the screen. This functions similarly to setColorFilter(int, PorterDuff.Mode).

Note: Setting a color filter via setColorFilter(ColorFilter) or setColorFilter(int, PorterDuff.Mode) overrides tint.

Parameters
tint ColorStateList: Color state list to use for tinting this drawable, or null to clear the tint

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setTintMode

Added in API level 21
void setTintMode (PorterDuff.Mode tintMode)

Specifies a tint blending mode for this drawable.

Defines how this drawable's tint color should be blended into the drawable before it is drawn to screen. Default tint mode is SRC_IN.

Note: Setting a color filter via setColorFilter(ColorFilter) or setColorFilter(int, PorterDuff.Mode) overrides tint.

Parameters
tintMode PorterDuff.Mode: A Porter-Duff blending mode

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setVisible

Added in API level 1
boolean setVisible (boolean visible, 
                boolean restart)

Set whether this Drawable is visible. This generally does not impact the Drawable's behavior, but is a hint that can be used by some Drawables, for example, to decide whether run animations.

Parameters
visible boolean: Set to true if visible, false if not.
restart boolean: You can supply true here to force the drawable to behave as if it has just become visible, even if it had last been set visible. Used for example to force animations to restart.
Returns
boolean boolean Returns true if the new visibility is different than its previous state.

unscheduleSelf

Added in API level 1
void unscheduleSelf (Runnable what)

Use the current Drawable.Callback implementation to have this Drawable unscheduled. Does nothing if there is no Callback attached to the Drawable.

Parameters
what Runnable: The runnable that you no longer want called.

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Protected methods

onBoundsChange

Added in API level 1
void onBoundsChange (Rect bounds)

Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you vary based on the bounds.

Parameters
bounds Rect

onLevelChange

Added in API level 1
boolean onLevelChange (int level)

Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you vary based on level.

Parameters
level int
Returns
boolean Returns true if the level change has caused the appearance of the Drawable to change (that is, it needs to be drawn), else false if it looks the same and there is no need to redraw it since its last level.

onStateChange

Added in API level 1
boolean onStateChange (int[] state)

Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you recognize the specified state.

Parameters
state int
Returns
boolean Returns true if the state change has caused the appearance of the Drawable to change (that is, it needs to be drawn), else false if it looks the same and there is no need to redraw it since its last state.

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