Android: how to have a centered background image in a view

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Published on 2010-06-12T21:40:46Z Indexed on 2010/06/12 21:42 UTC
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I'd like to use a small (icon size) image as the background for my view, but it gets stretched to fill all the view.

Any solution (including some way to place a view under my current one and make the latter transparent) will be appreciated.

Thanks !

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