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Android Application TutorialHow to change the background

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Tutorial Code: APS-05-2012

Instructed on: 02-Mar-2012 | Tutorial: #05

By : Yasmine Sherif Mahmoud

• We are now going to continue working on our last project to change its background.

• Open your project and follow these steps:

I added a new picture to the drawable file to use it as a background.You can add a new picture as we learned in the last tutorial.

Here is the new picture in the drawable file that I will use as a background.

Expand the layout file and open the main.xml file

Choose this tab.

You will begin editing your code here

Begin writing android:b and it will give you these options:Choose android:background

After choosing android:background write = and open a “ then it will give you these options.Choose @drawable/

Type the name of your picture.Close the “Close the >

Save

Run as

Open your application

Background is changed successfully

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