Change background of LinearLayout - Android Software Development

Hi all!
I have a problem when develop Android application. I want to allow user change application's background at run-time (it looks like the way we change desktop background on PC). User can select a picture that they like (via file browser) to set background. I don't know how to do that. Help me please.
Thanks for reading.

YOu should check stackoverflow.com . It is the official android support for developers.
Here is a similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2482848/how-to-change-current-theme-at-runtime-in-android
Basically you will need to create a style indicating the background to use. And in runtime you should be able to get a value from the user preferences and set the them of the activity accordingly, using setTheme in onCreate (before calling setContentView). AFAIK you will have to do this in all your activities, there's no simple way to do it for all your application, unless it is before runtime.

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