diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java b/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
index b05b34d2..3195a1c9 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/content/res/AssetManager.java
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@ public final class AssetManager {
 							   int[] inAttrs, int[] outValues, int[] outIndices) {
 		if (defStyleRes == 0 && theme.containsKey(defStyleAttr))
 			defStyleRes = theme.get(defStyleAttr).getData();
+		if (defStyleRes == 0 && set != null)
+			defStyleRes = set.getAttributeResourceValue(null, "style", 0);
 		Map<Integer,ValueItem> defStyle = loadStyle(defStyleRes);
 
 		ResXmlPullParser parser = (ResXmlPullParser)set;
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/content/res/Resources.java b/src/api-impl/android/content/res/Resources.java
index de36ec37..3ee322db 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/content/res/Resources.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/content/res/Resources.java
@@ -2050,8 +2050,9 @@ public class Resources {
 
 	     if (dr == null) {
 		 if (value.string == null) {
-		     throw new NotFoundException(
+		     Log.w(TAG,
 			     "Resource is not a Drawable (color or path): " + value);
+			return null;
 		 }
 
 		 String file = value.string.toString();
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java
index b4b54add..c804e166 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/ColorDrawable.java
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 package android.graphics.drawable;
 
-import android.graphics.Canvas;
-
 public class ColorDrawable extends Drawable {
 
+	private int color;
+
 	public ColorDrawable(int color) {
+		this.color = color;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unimplemented method 'draw'");
+	public int getColor() {
+		return color;
 	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
index ef1dbf11..97fe4f9a 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ public class Drawable {
 			StateListDrawable drawable = new StateListDrawable();
 			drawable.inflate(resources, parser, parser, null);
 			return drawable;
+		} else if ("shape".equals(parser.getName())) {
+			return new GradientDrawable();
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -146,5 +148,11 @@ public class Drawable {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public void setAlpha(int alpha) {}
+
+	public boolean getPadding(Rect padding) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	protected static native long native_paintable_from_path(String path);
 }
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java b/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
index 661fc701..9319c18e 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
@@ -844,12 +844,14 @@ public class View extends Object {
 				int background = a.getResourceId(com.android.internal.R.styleable.View_background, 0);
 
 				if(background != 0) {
-					if(context.getResources().getResourceTypeName(background).equals("color")) {// drawables not currently supported
+					if(context.getResources().getResourceTypeName(background).equals("color")) {
 						System.out.printf("__background__: >%x<\n", context.getResources().getColor(background));
 
 						final android.util.TypedValue typedValue = new android.util.TypedValue();
 
 						setBackgroundColor(context.getResources().getColor(background));
+					} else {
+						setBackgroundResource(background);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1014,7 +1016,7 @@ public class View extends Object {
 		this.visibility = visibility;
 	}
 	public void setPadding(int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {}
-	public void setBackgroundResource(int resid) throws Exception {
+	public void setBackgroundResource(int resid) {
 		setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(resid));
 	}