title: Background image of Activity
body: <p>How can I <strong>include an image as the background</strong> and where and how to put an image in the application, I am using Eclipse and all the development tools.</p>
  
  <p>Here's what I have <strong><em>done so far</em></strong> in the main_activity.xml: </p>
  
  <pre><code>   &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
         xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
         android:background="#C0C0C0"
         tools:context=".MainActivity"&gt;
      &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>