Nine Patch

In the previous article we have seen how the nine patch image is useful and also gone through the stretchable and non stretchable regions of the image. In this article we will look into the creation of a nine patch image with the draw9patch tool

The 9 patch tool is supplied with android sdk and you can find it in the following location.

Mobile applications are rated highly on the user experience that the app provides to its user. Android devices come in various shapes and sizes and so usage of images and image buttons to support all the devices is essential. We can use a simple tool called as draw9patch tool provided by android sdk to use a single image for all the devices.