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Drawable.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API30634Wed May 06 22:42:00 BST 2009android.graphics.drawable

Drawable

public abstract class Drawable extends Object
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 {@link android.view.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:

  • The {@link #setBounds} method must be called to tell the Drawable where it is drawn and how large it should be. All Drawables should respect the requested size, often simply by scaling their imagery. A client can find the preferred size for some Drawables with the {@link #getIntrinsicHeight} and {@link #getIntrinsicWidth} methods.
  • The {@link #getPadding} method can return from some Drawables information about how to frame content that is placed inside of them. For example, a Drawable that is intended to be the frame for a button widget would need to return padding that correctly places the label inside of itself.
  • The {@link #setState} method allows the client to tell the Drawable in which state it is to be drawn, such as "focused", "selected", etc. Some drawables may modify their imagery based on the selected state.
  • The {@link #setLevel} method allows the client to supply a single continuous controller that can modify the Drawable is displayed, such as a battery level or progress level. Some drawables may modify their imagery based on the current level.
  • A Drawable can perform animations by calling back to its client through the {@link Callback} interface. All clients should support this interface (via {@link #setCallback}) so that animations will work. A simple way to do this is through the system facilities such as {@link android.view.View#setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable)} and {@link android.widget.ImageView}.
Though usually not visible to the application, Drawables may take a variety of forms:
  • Bitmap: the simplest Drawable, a PNG or JPEG image.
  • Nine Patch: an extension to the PNG format allows it to specify information about how to stretch it and place things inside of it.
  • Shape: contains simple drawing commands instead of a raw bitmap, allowing it to resize better in some cases.
  • Layers: a compound drawable, which draws multiple underlying drawables on top of each other.
  • States: a compound drawable that selects one of a set of drawables based on its state.
  • Levels: a compound drawable that selects one of a set of drawables based on its level.
  • Scale: a compound drawable with a single child drawable, whose overall size is modified based on the current level.

For information and examples of creating drawable resources (XML or bitmap files that can be loaded in code), see Resources and Internationalization.

Fields Summary
private int[]
mStateSet
private int
mLevel
private int
mChangingConfigurations
private Rect
mBounds
Callback
mCallback
private boolean
mVisible
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public voidclearColorFilter()

        setColorFilter(null);
    
public final voidcopyBounds(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.

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

        bounds.set(mBounds);
    
public final RectcopyBounds()
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)

return
A copy of the drawable's bounds

        return new Rect(mBounds);
    
public static android.graphics.drawable.DrawablecreateFromPath(java.lang.String pathName)
Create a drawable from file path name.

        if (pathName == null) {
            return null;
        }

        Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(pathName);
        if (bm != null) {
            return drawableFromBitmap(null, bm, null, null, pathName);
        }

        return null;
    
public static android.graphics.drawable.DrawablecreateFromResourceStream(android.content.res.Resources res, android.util.TypedValue value, java.io.InputStream is, java.lang.String srcName)
Create a drawable from an inputstream

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        if (is == null) {
            return null;
        }

        /*  ugh. The decodeStream contract is that we have already allocated
            the pad rect, but if the bitmap does not had a ninepatch chunk,
            then the pad will be ignored. If we could change this to lazily
            alloc/assign the rect, we could avoid the GC churn of making new
            Rects only to drop them on the floor.
        */
        Rect pad = new Rect();
        Bitmap  bm = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(res, value, is, pad, null);
        if (bm != null) {
            byte[] np = bm.getNinePatchChunk();
            if (np == null || !NinePatch.isNinePatchChunk(np)) {
                np = null;
                pad = null;
            }
            return drawableFromBitmap(res, bm, np, pad, srcName);
        }
        return null;
    
public static android.graphics.drawable.DrawablecreateFromStream(java.io.InputStream is, java.lang.String srcName)
Create a drawable from an inputstream

        return createFromResourceStream(null, null, is, srcName);
    
public static android.graphics.drawable.DrawablecreateFromXml(android.content.res.Resources r, org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser parser)
Create a drawable from an XML document. For more information on how to create resources in XML, see Resources and Internationalization.

        AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);

        int type;
        while ((type=parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.START_TAG &&
                type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
            // Empty loop
        }

        if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
            throw new XmlPullParserException("No start tag found");
        }

        Drawable drawable = createFromXmlInner(r, parser, attrs);

        if (drawable == null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Unknown initial tag: " + parser.getName());
        }

        return drawable;
    
public static android.graphics.drawable.DrawablecreateFromXmlInner(android.content.res.Resources r, org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser parser, android.util.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.

        Drawable drawable;

        final String name = parser.getName();

        if (name.equals("selector")) {
            drawable = new StateListDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("level-list")) {
            drawable = new LevelListDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("layer-list")) {
            drawable = new LayerDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("transition")) {
            drawable = new TransitionDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("color")) {
            drawable = new ColorDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("shape")) {
            drawable = new GradientDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("scale")) {
            drawable = new ScaleDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("clip")) {
            drawable = new ClipDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("rotate")) {
            drawable = new RotateDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("animation-list")) {
            drawable = new AnimationDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("inset")) {
            drawable = new InsetDrawable();
        } else if (name.equals("bitmap")) {
            drawable = new BitmapDrawable();
            if (r != null) {
               ((BitmapDrawable) drawable).setDensityScale(r.getDisplayMetrics());
            }
        } else if (name.equals("nine-patch")) {
            drawable = new NinePatchDrawable();
        } else {
            throw new XmlPullParserException(parser.getPositionDescription() +
                    ": invalid drawable tag " + name);
        }

        drawable.inflate(r, parser, attrs);
        return drawable;
    
public abstract voiddraw(Canvas canvas)
Draw in its bounds (set via setBounds) respecting optional effects such as alpha (set via setAlpha) and color filter (set via setColorFilter).

param
canvas The canvas to draw into

private static android.graphics.drawable.DrawabledrawableFromBitmap(android.content.res.Resources res, Bitmap bm, byte[] np, Rect pad, java.lang.String srcName)


        if (np != null) {
            return new NinePatchDrawable(bm, np, pad, srcName);
        }

        final BitmapDrawable drawable = new BitmapDrawable(bm);
        if (res != null) {
            drawable.setDensityScale(res.getDisplayMetrics());
        }

        return drawable;
    
public final RectgetBounds()
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.

return
The bounds of the drawable (which may change later, so caller beware).

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

return
Returns a mask of the changing configuration parameters, as defined by {@link android.content.res.Configuration}.
see
android.content.res.Configuration

        return mChangingConfigurations;
    
public android.graphics.drawable.Drawable$ConstantStategetConstantState()

        return null;
    
public android.graphics.drawable.DrawablegetCurrent()

return
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 {@link StateListDrawable} and {@link LevelListDrawable} this will be the child drawable currently in use.

        return this;
    
public intgetIntrinsicHeight()
Return the intrinsic height of the underlying drawable object. Returns -1 if it has no intrinsic height, such as with a solid color.

        return -1;
    
public intgetIntrinsicWidth()
Return the intrinsic width of the underlying drawable object. Returns -1 if it has no intrinsic width, such as with a solid color.

        return -1;
    
public final intgetLevel()
Retrieve the current level.

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

        return mLevel;
    
public intgetMinimumHeight()
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.

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

        final int intrinsicHeight = getIntrinsicHeight();
        return intrinsicHeight > 0 ? intrinsicHeight : 0;
    
public intgetMinimumWidth()
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.

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

        final int intrinsicWidth = getIntrinsicWidth();
        return intrinsicWidth > 0 ? intrinsicWidth : 0;
    
public abstract intgetOpacity()
Return the opacity/transparency of this Drawable. The returned value is one of the abstract format constants in {@link android.graphics.PixelFormat}: {@link android.graphics.PixelFormat#UNKNOWN}, {@link android.graphics.PixelFormat#TRANSLUCENT}, {@link android.graphics.PixelFormat#TRANSPARENT}, or {@link android.graphics.PixelFormat#OPAQUE}.

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 {@link #resolveOpacity} to perform a standard reduction of two opacities to the appropriate single output.

Note that the returned value does not take into account a custom alpha or color filter that has been applied by the client through the {@link #setAlpha} or {@link #setColorFilter} methods.

return
int The opacity class of the Drawable.
see
android.graphics.PixelFormat

public booleangetPadding(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). Returns true if this drawable actually has a padding, else false. When false is returned, the padding is always set to 0.

        padding.set(0, 0, 0, 0);
        return false;
    
public int[]getState()
Describes the current state, as a union of primitve states, such as {@link android.R.attr#state_focused}, {@link android.R.attr#state_selected}, etc. Some drawables may modify their imagery based on the selected state.

return
An array of resource Ids describing the current state.

        return mStateSet;
    
public RegiongetTransparentRegion()
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.

return
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.

        return null;
    
public voidinflate(android.content.res.Resources r, org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser parser, android.util.AttributeSet attrs)


        TypedArray a = r.obtainAttributes(attrs, com.android.internal.R.styleable.Drawable);
        inflateWithAttributes(r, parser, a, com.android.internal.R.styleable.Drawable_visible);
        a.recycle();
    
voidinflateWithAttributes(android.content.res.Resources r, org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser parser, android.content.res.TypedArray attrs, int visibleAttr)


        mVisible = attrs.getBoolean(visibleAttr, mVisible);
    
public voidinvalidateSelf()
Use the current {@link Callback} implementation to have this Drawable redrawn. Does nothing if there is no Callback attached to the Drawable.

see
Callback#invalidateDrawable

        if (mCallback != null) {
            mCallback.invalidateDrawable(this);
        }
    
public booleanisStateful()
Indicates whether this view will change its appearance based on state. Clients can use this to determine whether it is necessary to calculate their state and call setState.

return
True if this view changes its appearance based on state, false otherwise.
see
#setState(int[])

        return false;
    
public final booleanisVisible()

        return mVisible;
    
public android.graphics.drawable.Drawablemutate()
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.

return
This drawable.

        return this;
    
protected voidonBoundsChange(Rect bounds)
Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you recognize the specified state.

protected booleanonLevelChange(int level)
Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you vary based on level.

return
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.

 return false; 
protected booleanonStateChange(int[] state)
Override this in your subclass to change appearance if you recognize the specified state.

return
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.

 return false; 
public static intresolveOpacity(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 {@link #getOpacity}.

param
op1 One opacity value.
param
op2 Another opacity value.
return
int The combined opacity value.
see
#getOpacity

        if (op1 == op2) {
            return op1;
        }
        if (op1 == PixelFormat.UNKNOWN || op2 == PixelFormat.UNKNOWN) {
            return PixelFormat.UNKNOWN;
        }
        if (op1 == PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT || op2 == PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT) {
            return PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT;
        }
        if (op1 == PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT || op2 == PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT) {
            return PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT;
        }
        return PixelFormat.OPAQUE;
    
public voidscheduleSelf(java.lang.Runnable what, long when)
Use the current {@link Callback} implementation to have this Drawable scheduled. Does nothing if there is no Callback attached to the Drawable.

param
what The action being scheduled.
param
when The time (in milliseconds) to run.
see
Callback#scheduleDrawable

        if (mCallback != null) {
            mCallback.scheduleDrawable(this, what, when);
        }
    
public abstract voidsetAlpha(int alpha)
Specify an alpha value for the drawable. 0 means fully transparent, and 255 means fully opaque.

public voidsetBounds(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.


                                      
        

                             
              
        Rect oldBounds = mBounds;
        
        if (oldBounds.left != left || oldBounds.top != top ||
                oldBounds.right != right || oldBounds.bottom != bottom) {
            mBounds.set(left, top, right, bottom);
            onBoundsChange(mBounds);
        }
    
public voidsetBounds(Rect bounds)
Specify a bounding rectangle for the Drawable. This is where the drawable will draw when its draw() method is called.

        setBounds(bounds.left, bounds.top, bounds.right, bounds.bottom);
    
public final voidsetCallback(android.graphics.drawable.Drawable$Callback cb)
Bind a {@link Callback} object to this Drawable. Required for clients that want to support animated drawables.

param
cb The client's Callback implementation.

        mCallback = cb;
    
public voidsetChangingConfigurations(int configs)
Set a mask of the configuration parameters for which this drawable may change, requiring that it be re-created.

param
configs A mask of the changing configuration parameters, as defined by {@link android.content.res.Configuration}.
see
android.content.res.Configuration

        mChangingConfigurations = configs;
    
public abstract voidsetColorFilter(ColorFilter cf)
Specify an optional colorFilter for the drawable. Pass null to remove any filters.

public voidsetColorFilter(int color, PorterDuff.Mode mode)
Specify a color and porterduff mode to be the colorfilter for this drawable.

        setColorFilter(new PorterDuffColorFilter(color, mode));
    
public voidsetDither(boolean dither)
Set to true to have the drawable dither its colors when drawn to a device with fewer than 8-bits per color component. This can improve the look on those devices, but can also slow down the drawing a little.

public voidsetFilterBitmap(boolean filter)
Set to true to have the drawable filter its bitmap when scaled or rotated (for drawables that use bitmaps). If the drawable does not use bitmaps, this call is ignored. This can improve the look when scaled or rotated, but also slows down the drawing.

public final booleansetLevel(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 {@link #invalidateSelf} in order to have itself redrawn, and true will be returned from this function.

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

        if (mLevel != level) {
            mLevel = level;
            return onLevelChange(level);
        }
        return false;
    
public booleansetState(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: [{@link android.R.attr#state_focused}, {@link android.R.attr#state_pressed}].

If the new state you are supplying causes the appearance of the Drawable to change, then it is responsible for calling {@link #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.

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

        if (!Arrays.equals(mStateSet, stateSet)) {
            mStateSet = stateSet;
            return onStateChange(stateSet);
        }
        return false;
    
public booleansetVisible(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.

param
visible Set to true if visible, false if not.
param
restart 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.
return
boolean Returns true if the new visibility is different than its previous state.

        boolean changed = mVisible != visible;
        mVisible = visible;
        return changed;
    
public voidunscheduleSelf(java.lang.Runnable what)
Use the current {@link Callback} implementation to have this Drawable unscheduled. Does nothing if there is no Callback attached to the Drawable.

param
what The runnable that you no longer want called.
see
Callback#unscheduleDrawable

        if (mCallback != null) {
            mCallback.unscheduleDrawable(this, what);
        }