Problem setting Android tab background color

Question

Hello, I'm adding tab icon via selector like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt;
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/tab_cart_selected" android:state_selected="true" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/tab_cart" />
</selector>

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All is fine, but my icon is smaller then tab itself and I want to set background color same as icon color. But I cant seem to figure out hot to do that.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

use a .png transparency.

How to Make a Transparent PNG

test with this image and you will see