Android set XML shape as drawable programmatically

You don't need to get the drawable yourself. Use this instead:

catAll.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.myshape);

For future reference, if you do wish to get the drawable keep in mind that drawables live in the R.drawable namespace. So your code would became:

getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.myshape);

This is akin to what you do in your XML:

@drawable/myshape

instead of

@id/myshape

android xml resources drawable shape

The question is really old but googles first hit references to this thread.

So getDrawable(id) is deprecated.

Short solution (kotlin)

yourView.background = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.your_ressource_id)

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