i have 2 apps, ios and android versions, for some reason on the android version, when i certain screen loads, it puts a black box behind the round icon like here https://www.dropbox.com/s/jjfzxcq8b4vdxci/device-2014-06-27-104507.png?m= the icons are urls, it works great on ios , but not on android , any idea how i can fix this, without having to include the png,s in the build, i can amend this on next build, but is there a solution for this build, thanks sean

Have you set button color to 'clear'?

yes, even gone in java and xml files to check

I had a very similar problem once and I'm sure I fixed it. I had left the setting blank which worked in Android but not IOS, (or the other way round) which fooled me for a while. I have just tested for you on my app with a button menu. In my app control panel the button color has the value 'clear' and the opacity value is 100. I get transparent button icons. If it isn't one of those two settings, then I don't know, but I do know I did not dive into the java.

none of that worked alan, tried 4 differant ways, and redownled in case it was something i did with the code, figured it out though, it was the url, soon as i changed it to .png it worked, wish i had know that to start though lol, 1 of my other problems bar from the app crashing when refreshing is the grid menu buttons, on ios its great but on android, there smaller and over to the left, also do you know how i can make eclipse just use small setting on all devices, as ive decided to not allow tablets till i can sort out the screen issues, but what its doing on larger screen phones is using large settings, which makes it look all wrong . cheers sean

You said before you were using png, which supports transparency - were you using something else that doesn't? I think Susan Metoxen has a good handle on the button menu plugin, I have seen some good stuff from her on this in the past. http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=298A80CD59CEAD0CD5D3053&currentPage=83

yeah i was using a png, always do, it just didnt like the url, it needed to be in the project. As you can see in the above link, because i havnt worked in eclipse for 8 months, ive forgotten most of what i learned, i even commented on her post back then lol, thanks alan your star sean

"because i havnt worked in eclipse for 8 months, ive forgotten most of what i learned" That made me laugh, I can't remember what I learned last week!

lol i know, i didnt want to insult the gurus that have probably told me already how to fix eclipse probs, last time i did an android one :)