Difference: android: background and android: src?

Question

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What is the difference between src and ImageView background

What is the difference between android:background and android:src ? Is their job the same?

Answer 1

android:background exists for all views. As the name implies, this is what will be in the background.

android:src exists for ImageViews and its subclasses. You can think of it as a foreground. Since ImageView is a subclass of View , you even have android:background .

• If the foreground is less than the background, a background part that is not covered by the foreground will be visible.
• In addition, you can use transparency in the foreground, in which case the background will be visible (transparent).

Answer 2

You can use the BACKGROUND FOR ALL TYPES. But you can use SRC only for ImageView and ImageButton .....

Answer 3

one sets the background, one sets the image. You can use both to set the background for the image.