Background image in Android Studio

Ctrl + c to the image you want after Ctrl + v in the resources> drawable folder. Then in the layout of the activity you click, in the properties you go to the background and look for the image (there are different types of background, one to put another image to put only one color ...) and go!

Another option is to go to the drawable folder from the browser and paste the image in the drawable folder, then you can use it in any View as imageView, button, etc. (in the background property for example)

You can use any image that you have inside your folder /drawable or /mipmap you can copy them in the folder you want:

In your layout you define the background as the background with the property:

android:background

for example assuming an image called android.jpg , if you have it stored in the / drawable directory, use:

android:background="@drawable/ic_launcher"

if it is inside the / mipmap directory, use:

android:background="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

for example:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"

    android:background="@drawable/android"

    android:padding="10dp"/>

and in this way you will have your background image: