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protected NinePatchDrawable shadowLeft; ...... Bitmap image = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),R.drawable.shadow_left);byte[] chunk= image.getNinePatchChunk();shadowLeft=new NinePatchDrawable(context.getResources(),                image, chunk, new Rect(), null);

shadowLeft.setBounds(sx, sy, ex, ey);shadowLeft.draw(canvas);

 

Make sure that your ninepatch image has strech area in top and left edge,Or you'll get the following error:

Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0xdeadd00d (code=1), thread 9184 (om.ai.imagemask) 

JNI WARNING: received null array           

in Landroid/graphics/NinePatch;.validateNinePatchChunk:(I[B)V (GetArrayLength)