Full screen background image in an activity

Another option is to add a single image (not necessarily big) in the drawables (let's name it backgroung.jpg), create an ImageView iv_background at the root of your xml without a "src" attribute. Then in the onCreate method of the corresponding activity:

    /* create a full screen window */
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
    setContentView(R.layout.your_activity);

    /* adapt the image to the size of the display */
    Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
    Point size = new Point();
    display.getSize(size);
    Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
      getResources(),R.drawable.background),size.x,size.y,true);

    /* fill the background ImageView with the resized image */
    ImageView iv_background = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.iv_background);
    iv_background.setImageBitmap(bmp);

No cropping, no many different sized images. Hope it helps!

There are several ways you can do it.

Option 1:

Create different perfect images for different dpi and place them in related drawable folder. Then set

android:background="@drawable/your_image"

Option 2:

Add a single large image. Use FrameLayout. As a first child add an ImageView. Set the following in your ImageView.

android:src="@drawable/your_image"
android:scaleType = "centerCrop"