java - How to add a background image to string? -

i'm making simple jokes app. i've used strings hold each , every joke. press joke in app, , gives me joke, press back, , press joke again , gives me joke #2 , on. problem jokes come white background. i've tried using android:background in xml layout files still white background. think has fact i'm using strings display jokes. code i'm using jokes in .java class :

 @override protected void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {     super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);     setcontentview(r.layout.activity_starting_point); }   @override public boolean oncreateoptionsmenu(menu menu) {     // inflate menu; adds items action bar if present.     getmenuinflater().inflate(r.menu.main, menu);     return true; }  public void randomjoke (view view) {     intent intent = new intent(this, displaymessageactivity.class);      //random rand = new random();     //int lowerbound = 1, upperbound = 10;     //int randomnumber = rand.nextint(upperbound - lowerbound + 1) + lowerbound;     //string jokenumber = "joke" + string.valueof(randomnumber);     //string mess = getresources().getstring(getstringresourcepath(getapplicationcontext(),jokenumber));     string jokenumber = "joke" + string.valueof(iteration);     iteration += 1;     string mess = getresources().getstring(getstringresourcepath(getapplicationcontext(), jokenumber));     intent.putextra(extra_message, mess);     startactivity(intent); }  public int getstringresourcepath(context context, string name) {     int joke = context.getresources().getidentifier(name, "string", "com.primarycode.punnyjokes");     return joke; } } 

i assume, might using textview show joke in displaymessageactivity. can achieve follows:

in xml layout:

android:background="@drawable/myresouce" 

or pragmatically in oncreate() follows:

textview.setbackgroundresource(r.drawable.myresouce); 

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if want use color, use follows in layout xml:

android:background="#eee"