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Shape with multiple circles

I want to draw a circle of color 1 inside a circle of color 2. Both of them have stroke and its inside is transparent. This should be used as a background of a button.
Something like this (but green and red are next to each other - no gap in between. Sorry, I don't have any graphical program where I could draw them so they're next to each other.)
Is there a way how to do it in XML ?
I was thinking of doing it using shape XML but layers are scaled so layers would be on top of each other so only 1 color would be visible.

You use a layer list with insets in order to avoid the inner circle to lurk out from the outer circle, like this:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="4dp"
android:color="#android:color/holo_red_dark" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<inset android:inset="4dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="4dp"
android:color="#android:color/holo_green_dark" />
</shape>
</inset>
</item>
</layer-list>
You set the size and background of the button like this:
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:background="#drawable/red_green" />
It then looks like this:

Try something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<size android:height="10dp" android:width="10dp"/>
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#FF0000"
/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#00FF00"
/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
You can change the width and height of the size element to get a different ring width.

You can achieve this by defining two drawable resources both circle with different stroke colors and puting them in a layer-list drawable one on top of the other, with different ofsets which give then the effect you need:
Inner circle inner.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<stroke android:color="#color/colorRed"
android:width="2dp"/>
</shape>
Outer circle outer.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<stroke android:color="#color/colorGreen"
android:width="2dp"/>
</shape>
Button background background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/outer"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="0dp"
android:gravity="center"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/inner"
android:right="4dp"
android:top="4dp"
android:bottom="4dp"
android:left="4dp"
android:gravity="center"/>
</layer-list>
And this is final result

Android shape border with gradient and middle transparent

I need to create a round corner border, where border with gradient.enter link description here is working.But My page is using a image as background which is also with gradient. I need to show background image from middle of the filed. I want to create just like below image:

round_background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="4dp"
android:color="#color/transparent" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#374533"
android:centerColor="#432727"
android:endColor="#222430"
android:angle="135"/>
<corners android:radius="10dp" />
</shape>
round_border.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<gradient
android:startColor="#efe301"
android:centerColor="#7dc17b"
android:endColor="#01dae6"
android:angle="180"/>
<corners android:radius="10dp" />
result_drawable.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_border"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_background" />
</layer-list>
Here, you can set android:width="4dp" in round_background.xml to set size of your border. use result result_drawable.xml where you want..
Enjoy. :}

Custom shape drawable android(lines only above and below a view)

I want two white lines -one on top of the view ,and the other one on
the bottom the view!!!
no left and right borders!!!!!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#00000000"/>
<stroke android:width="0.1dp" android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<corners android:radius="5dp"/>
<padding android:left="5dp" android:top="5dp" android:right="5dp" android:bottom="5dp" />
</shape>
I get a rectangle shaped view with white border,and transparent background.
But i want only the top and bottom lines of rectangle ,and not left and right lines of rectangle .
I want a view with border only on top and bottom,that will seem like sandwiched between two thin lines?

Try using <layer-list>. Check this below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Border -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="COLOR_OF_BORDER" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- Rest of the drawable -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="COLOR_OF_REST" />
<padding
android:bottom="2dp"
android:top="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Create shape for drawable

I have ListView, and i have a background for the list items:
Is there any way to recreate this background as a shape in drawable XML? The most outer grey is not part of the item background, it is actually the ListView.

You can try following with the values of your choice. It will make the bottom two corners rounded.
rounded_rectangle.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<gradient android:angle="270" android:endColor="#404040" android:startColor="#404040" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#808080" />
<corners android:bottomLeftRadius="11dp" android:bottomRightRadius="11dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
then use it as a background to your listitem as follows
android:background="#drawable/rounded_rectangle"

You can try this shape drawable:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#606060"/>
<stroke android:color="#303030" android:width="2dp" />
</shape>

Square shaped layout border with round inside edges

I’m attempting to create a layout border with corners that are square on the outside and round on the inside. I’ve gathered that I need to create an .xml drawable definition composed of two shapes: one with a stroke width and corner radius and another with a stroke width only:
The drawables
round_border.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF000000" />
<padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp"
android:right="7dp" android:bottom="7dp" />
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
<solid android:color="#FFC0C0C0" />
</shape>
square_border.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#FF000000" />
<solid android:color="#FFC0C0C0" />
</shape>
Each of these works independantly as a border when appliedby itself like so:
android:background="#drawable/round_border"
but when they either or both are added to an item-list drawable like so:
composite_border.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<layer-list>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_border"/>
<!-- <item android:drawable="#drawable/square_border"/> -->
</layer-list>
</shape>
and:
android:background="#drawable/composite_border"
The layout's background is completely black instead of just a black border.
Does anyone know how to make the layer list work for this task?

From Shape Drawable Doc you can see that shape can't have layer-list inside so you should define your composite_border.xml like this
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:drawable="#drawable/square_border"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_border"/>
</layer-list>
note that I changed the order of your items inside the layer-list as stated in the documentation of layer-list
Each drawable in the list is drawn in the order of the list—the last drawable in the list is drawn on top and you want it to be squared from outside

Try this will work fine enough:
solid is background color
stroke is border
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid
android:color="#color/white"/>
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#ffaaaaaa" />
<size
android:width="15dp"
android:height="15dp"/>
</shape>

Create a xml file like round_background.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<solid
android:color="#CCCC33"/>
<size
android:width="35dp"
android:height="35dp"/>
</shape>
In the layout set as background
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_wellbeing"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/rounded_corner_leuvan"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
</LinearLayout>

square_border.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="2dp"
android:color="#FF000000"
/>
<solid android:color="#FFC0C0C0" />
</shape>
composite_border.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<layer-list>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_border"/>
<!-- <item android:drawable="#drawable/square_border"/> -->
</layer-list>
</shape>
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