setBackgroundDrawable() deprecated

So my sdk goes from 15 to 21 and when I call setBackgroundDrawable(), Android Studio tells me that it's deprecated.

I thought of going around it using:

int sdk = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;

if(sdk < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
    layout.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.img_wstat_tstorm));
} else {
    layout.setBackground(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.img_wstat_tstorm));
}

But then, I get an error at "setBackground()".

So, how would you deal with it?

It's an interesting topic. The way you are doing it is correct, apparently. It is actually just a naming decision change. As this answer points out, setBackground() just calls setBackgroundDrawable():

public void setBackground(Drawable background) {
    //noinspection deprecation
    setBackgroundDrawable(background);
}

@Deprecated
public void setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable background) { ... }

You can see this thread for more information about all of this.

maybe you can try the following:

setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.img_wstat_tstorm);

It's funny because that method is deprecated, but if you look at the Android Source Code you'll find this:

   /**
     * Set the background to a given Drawable, or remove the background. If the
     * background has padding, this View's padding is set to the background's
     * padding. However, when a background is removed, this View's padding isn't
     * touched. If setting the padding is desired, please use
     * {@link #setPadding(int, int, int, int)}.
     *
     * @param background The Drawable to use as the background, or null to remove the
     *        background
     */
    public void setBackground(Drawable background) {
        //noinspection deprecation
        setBackgroundDrawable(background);
    }

Correct as of 15th August 2018

Use the support libraries

Drawable drawable = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(), drawableRes, null);
ViewCompat.setBackground(layout, drawable);

You are getting an error because getResources().getDrawable() takes an id (int) not a drawable as its argument. Try this:

layout.setBackground(getResources().getDrawable(R.id.img_wstat_tstorm));