Unable to set background for a surface view in android
<p>I am streaming video from a http url.i have a surface view for this purpose which u can see below</p>

<pre><code>   &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
    &lt;FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/backgroundplain"
         &gt;

        &lt;com.myview.HttpIPCamView
            android:id="@+id/single_camera"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
         android:layout_gravity="right"
            android:duplicateParentState="true"
            android:drawingCacheQuality="low"
            android:text="Loading.." &gt;
        &lt;/com.myview.HttpIPCamView&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>when ever i tried to set a background bitmap it never allows to set it instead a black screen with video comes up.Please help me to solve this problem as i am stuck for days</p>
