<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
            <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:background="@drawable/easymap"
                android:orientation="vertical" >

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/whitePlayer"
                    android:layout_width="32dp"
                    android:layout_height="32dp"
                    android:background="@drawable/white"
                    android:visibility="gone" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/blackPlayer"
                    android:layout_width="32dp"
                    android:layout_height="32dp"
                    android:background="@drawable/black"
                    android:visibility="gone" />

                <Button
                    android:id="@+id/btRoll"
                    android:layout_width="160dp"
                    android:layout_height="50dp"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:layout_alignTop="@+id/cubePic"
                    android:background="@drawable/buttonshape"
                    android:text="Roll"
                    android:textColor="#FFFFFF" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/cubePic"
                    android:layout_width="100dp"
                    android:layout_height="100dp"
                    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                    android:layout_marginBottom="42dp"
                    android:layout_marginRight="22dp"
                    android:background="@drawable/cube" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/tvTurn"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/cubePic"
                    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/btRoll"
                    android:text="Your turn!"
                    android:textColor="@color/green"
                    android:textSize="32dp"
                    android:textStyle="italic" />

            </RelativeLayout>

        The java class:

        package com.example.snakesnladders;

        import android.app.Activity;
        import android.content.Context;
        import android.graphics.Bitmap;
        import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
        import android.graphics.Canvas;
        import android.os.Bundle;
        import android.util.Log;
        import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
        import android.view.SurfaceView;
        import android.view.View;
        import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
        import android.widget.Button;
        import android.widget.TextView;

        public class GFX_Game extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
            TextView whitePlayer, blackPlayer;
            Button roll;
            TextView cube, map1, map2, map3, label;
            boolean yourTurn = true;
            MyBringBack ourView;

            @Override
            protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                ourView = new MyBringBack(this);
                setContentView(ourView);
                init();
            }

            private void init() {
                cube = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.cubePic);
                roll = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btRoll);
                label = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvTurn);
                roll.setOnClickListener(this);
            }

            @Override
            protected void onDestroy() {
                super.onDestroy();
            }

            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                int rand = (int) (Math.random() * 6) + 1;

            }

            class MyBringBack extends SurfaceView implements Runnable {

                SurfaceHolder ourHolder;
                Thread ourThread = null;
                Bitmap backGround, playerB, playerW;
                boolean isRunning = true;

                public MyBringBack(Context context) {
                    super(context);
                    playerW = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
                            R.id.whitePlayer);
                    ourHolder = getHolder();
                    ourThread = new Thread(this);
                    ourThread.start();

                }

                @Override
                public void run() {

                    while (isRunning) {
                        if (!ourHolder.getSurface().isValid())
                            continue;
                        Canvas canvas = ourHolder.lockCanvas();
                        canvas.drawBitmap(playerW, 0, 0, null);
                        ourHolder.unlockCanvasAndPost(canvas);
                    }

                }

            }

        }

class MyBringBack extends View {
        Bitmap playerW;

        public MyBringBack(Context context) {
            super(context);
            playerW = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),
                    R.id.whitePlayer);

        }

        @Override
        protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            super.onDraw(canvas);
            canvas.drawBitmap(playerW,0,0,null);
        }

    }

public final class MyRelativeLayout extends RelativeLayout {
    Bitmap playerW;

    public MyRelativeLayout(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init(context);
    }

    public MyRelativeLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context);
    }

    public MyRelativeLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int style) {
        super(context, atts, style);
        init(context);
    }

    private void init(final Context context) {
        playerW = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
                R.id.whitePlayer);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);
        canvas.drawBitmap(playerW,0,0,null);
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<your.package.name.package.MyRelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    ...
    all the stuff here

<your.package.name.package.MyRelativeLayout>