Nine-patch image bad quality

Question

in my android app I want to achieve this kind of effect

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Thinking about different resolutions and densities I decided to create a nine-patch png file:

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When I stretch it it looks quite fine:

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But in the android simulator it is blurred

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As you can see the quality is bad. Why? What do I have to do to achieve the quality from the first image?

Did you create one nine patch image per screen density (ldpi, mdpi, hdpi)? It is necessary for your image to look fine on every device. — Dalmas
– Dalmas, Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 15:29

Jin35 · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-20 16:45:56Z

First of all you should provide different 9-patches for ldpi, mdpi, hdpi screens. Then write in manifest file this tag:

<supports-screens android:anyDensity="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:resizeable="true" android:smallScreens="true" />

Then android will take appropriate drawable and will not blur it.

I just created a tool that resizes nice patch nicely. Just drag n drop a .9.png file and it will create ldpi, mdpi, hdpi 9p from the xhdpi version : code.google.com/p/9patch-resizer

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