How to remove ImageButton's standard background image?

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In ImageButton I want to remove the standard button background image. In http://developer.android.com it is said, that one must define his\her own background image or set the background color to be transparent. I tried to set a black background, but it didn't make any effect...

Mudassir · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18T11:27:06.280

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You can use android:background="@null" for your ImageButton.

See also:
Android Developers official guide on Buttons

edited Feb 18 '20 at 11:27

answered Mar 28 '11 at 09:42

Mudassir

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score 41 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 03 '16 at 16:01

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The best choice is not set a transparent background to your ImageButton.

Give to your user a feedback when the button is tapped.

android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"

edited Nov 03 '16 at 16:01

Yury Fedorov

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answered Nov 02 '16 at 23:46

Filipe Brito

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Superb Solution. this answer should be marked as right. – Vasudev Vyas May 16 '19 at 10:10

Peter · Answer 3 · 2014-09-12T11:10:50.750

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ImageButton.setBackgroundResource(0)

edited Sep 12 '14 at 11:10

answered Mar 28 '11 at 09:55

Peter

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Excellent! This is the solution for programmatically doing Mudassir's solution. Thank you! – SMBiggs Dec 09 '11 at 16:43
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It's setBackgroundResource, not setBackgroundResources. Use it like this : ((ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.my_button)).setBackgroundResource(0); – Quentin S. Feb 07 '14 at 21:37

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 28 '11 at 09:50

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use the following property in your in the xml of ImageButton:

android:background="@drawable/icon"

where icon is the name of the image kept in your drawable.

answered Mar 28 '11 at 09:50

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This is a cleaner solution than setting the `src` and nulling out the background. – Christopher Pickslay Nov 08 '14 at 00:09

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 28 '11 at 09:40

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No, it has to be transparent, not black. Try color: #00FFFFFF

answered Mar 28 '11 at 09:40

Zsombor Erdődy-Nagy

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 16 '15 at 07:47

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Dot't use button.setBackgroundResource(0); on some devices you will get:

android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x0

Better use button.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);

answered Jun 16 '15 at 07:47

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 12 '17 at 14:58

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Use:

android:background="@null"

in your layout xml.

answered Dec 12 '17 at 14:58

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 10 '12 at 20:12

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YourImageButton.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);

answered Dec 10 '12 at 20:12

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 18:02

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myButton.setBackgroundResource(0);

answered Feb 25 '13 at 18:02

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 20 '18 at 10:30

Using Kotlin, you can do this:

val myImageButton = ImageButton(context).apply({
    background = null

    // and if you need to add drawable, simply use:

    setImageDrawable(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, 
                         R.drawable.ic_save_black_24px))
})

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 17 '22 at 20:14

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In the latest android version, the background image doesn't remove even when you set android:background="@null".

Setting android:minHeight="0dp" works for me.

answered Apr 17 '22 at 20:14

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