Set View background
package app.Test; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.Paint; import android.graphics.Path; import android.graphics.Path.Direction; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; public class appTest extends Activity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(new GraphicsView(this)); } static public class GraphicsView extends View { private static final String QUOTE = "This is a test. This is a demo."; private Path circle; private Paint cPaint; private Paint tPaint; public GraphicsView(Context context) { super(context); int color = getResources().getColor(R.color.mycolor); circle = new Path(); circle.addCircle(150, 150, 100, Direction.CW); cPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG); cPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE); cPaint.setColor(Color.LTGRAY); cPaint.setStrokeWidth(3); setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.icon); tPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG); tPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL_AND_STROKE); tPaint.setColor(Color.BLACK); tPaint.setTextSize(20f); setBackgroundColor(color); } @Override protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { canvas.drawTextOnPath(QUOTE, circle, 0, 20, tPaint); } } } //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/icon"> <org.example.graphics.Graphics.GraphicsView android:id="@+id/graphics" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" /> </LinearLayout> //strings.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <string name="app_name">Graphics</string> </resources> //colors.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <color name="mycolor">#7fff00ff</color> </resources>