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simplest way to create EditText like a Rectangular box?

I am creating a sample browser for myself,in which url is set by a edit text that's why i want a edit text must look like a rectangular box like in other browsers...help me out guys???

Add this line to the edittext:
android:background="#drawable/edittext_frame"
And this edittext_frame.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#color/primary_light" />
<padding android:left="1dp" android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp"
android:bottom="1dp" />
</shape>

Add gradient in edit text border in android

I want to add gradient only to the border of my editText , I can add gradient but it takes the entire background . How can I apply gradient only to the border , and the rest should be transparent?

This one does the trick :)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<gradient
android:angle="45"
android:endColor="#0256FC"
android:centerColor="#0256FC"
android:startColor="#FE00B1" />
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
<padding
android:bottom="1dp"
android:left="1dp"
android:right="1dp"
android:top="1dp" />
<size
android:width="162dp"
android:height="44dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/colorWhite" />
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
<size
android:width="50dp"
android:height="50dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Add the edittext in a layout
Set gradient background color for that layout
Set margin 1dp for edittext.
Set white background for edittext
i think now it's displays like your expectation, thank you

Create your button_border.xml and keep it within drawable.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<!-- view border color and width -->
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/white" >
</stroke>
<!-- The radius makes the corners rounded -->
<corners
android:radius="2dp" >
</corners>
</shape>
Now set your editText background as follows :
android:background="#drawable/button_border"

round corners with border color

I am using the following code to get rounded corners as well as a colored outline:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gradient
android:startColor="#color/white"
android:endColor="#color/white" />
<corners
android:bottomRightRadius="2dp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="2dp"
android:topLeftRadius="2dp"
android:topRightRadius="2dp"/>
<stroke
android:width="5dip"
android:color="#color/black" />
The image displays what I'm getting right now. Due to the stroke, the rounded corners only lie on the outer edge of the layout and the inner edge of the black outline makes a rectangle with sharp edges. How can I convert the sharp edges to rounded corners?

Use the <shape> tag to create a drawable in XML with rounded corners. (You can do other stuff with the shape tag like define a color gradient as well).
Following code may help you:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#ffffffff"/>
<stroke android:width="3dp"
android:color="#ff000000"
/>
<padding android:left="1dp"
android:top="1dp"
android:right="1dp"
android:bottom="1dp"
/>
<corners android:bottomRightRadius="7dp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="7dp"
android:topLeftRadius="7dp"
android:topRightRadius="7dp"/>
</shape>

Use this customize according to your need.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:width="4dp"
android:color="#android:color/holo_blue_light" />
<corners android:radius="6dp" />
</shape>

How to set image border for Layout (RelativeLayout) in Android?

I want to use border image is below :
set border for Layout ...?
Should i do it ?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#000000" />
<padding android:left="1dp" android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" /></shape>
Save this file in as customborder.xml in drawbale folder. In you layout file add this line android:background="#drawable/customborder"

You can make a 9-patch image as apply it as the background. Make the middle transparent and fill the border the way you want.
Here is the official documentation: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html#nine-patch

What you can do is create an custom drawable shape that will apply as the background of ImageView which will create a border.
Something like below xml, you can customize it yourself. Put it in drawable/image_border.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#000000" />
<padding
android:bottom="1dp"
android:left="1dp"
android:right="1dp"
android:top="1dp" />
</shape>
Apply it as ImageView's background. It should create a border for your ImageView.

first create simple border.xml and save in to drawable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="15dip" />
<solid android:color="#00000000" />
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#000000"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
then after set background of Linear/Relative layout
android:background="#drawable/imageee_color"

set border to imageview dynamically

I have a xml file in drawable to set border for imageview know as imgborder.xml as below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#000000" />
<padding android:left="1dp" android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp"
android:bottom="1dp" />
</shape>
May I know how can I apply it dynamically in code? Like android:background in xml layout?
Thank you.

You can do it like the following:
ImageView v = new ImageView(this);
v.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.btn_default);
You can also use v.setBackgroundDrawable if you have a Drawable object instead of the drawable's resource id.