How to set background image for Android button but keep the gray button?

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Published on 2010-05-18T19:33:36Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 0:20 UTC
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I need to set a background image for an android button (text button), but I want to keep the gray button. When i use the setBackgroundResource() it has the image in place of the gray button. How can I keep the gray button?

I tried using setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds, but the image only takes up part of the button, even when I have no text.

Notes: I will not have text while I display the image, but the button needs to be a TextButton because there will be text without images at times, and images with text at others.

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