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How to create an Button with an image, text, and two colours?

Here is the link to what I have in mind.
https://dribbble.com/shots/1407665-Categories/attachments/204971
Is there a popular library anyone knows that can manage this, otherwise I am alright with going the customizing route.
I have my 9 buttons defined in my XML no problem.
Next I know I have to create a xml file in the drawable folder like "button_shape.xml". Then I add this to my code:
android:background="#drawable/button_shape"
I make my button have an image, I assume with:
android:drawableTop="#drawable/buttonImage"
I guess lastly is how do I create a shape that keeps the bottom colour a consistent size with the text. While allowing different button sizes. Also can I easily alternate the colours by setting the style on each button and defining them as so:
<style name ="ButtonTheme.Custom1" parent="Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
<item name="colorPrimary">#android:color/holo_blue_light</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/holo_blue_dark</item>
</style>
<style name ="ButtonTheme.Custom2" parent="Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
<item name="colorPrimary">#android:color/holo_green_light</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/holo_green_dark</item>
</style>
<style name ="ButtonTheme.Custom3" parent="Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
<item name="colorPrimary">#android:color/holo_red_light</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/holo_red_dark</item>
</style>
<style name ="ButtonTheme.Custom4" parent="Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
<item name="colorPrimary">#android:color/holo_orange_light</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/holo_orange_dark</item>
</style>
<style name ="ButtonTheme.Custom5" parent="Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
<item name="colorPrimary">#android:color/holo_blue_bright</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#android:color/holo_blue_light</item>
</style>
My custom shape so far is this, which is close; but how can I make the darker color keep a consistent size while the other moves according to size of button?
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:bottom="10dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<size android:height="10dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimaryDark" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="120dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<size android:height="120dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

You can use RecyclerView and StaggeredGrid
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/widget/StaggeredGridLayoutManager.html

ActionBar with rounded edges

I would like to know, if it is possible to make my ActionBar have rounded edges, more specifically only the top ones (top-left, top-right). I did some searching, but most of the methods are outdated and did not work for me. I am using AppCompat support library v22.1.1.
I have made an image of what I am trying to achieve, but my reputation is too low to upload images so I tried to describe as best as I could with words. If I have missed out any relevant information, let me know.

Yes, it is possible by using a shape drawable.
First create actionbar_foreground.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#2C5AA9"/>
<corners
android:radius="0.1dp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="0dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="0dp"
android:topLeftRadius="5dp"
android:topRightRadius="5dp"/>
</shape>
And then the background for the ActionBar. This color will be seen where the edges are rounded. I had trouble since I was using a light theme, where the decor view is white in color, so I made this "hack"
actionbar_background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FF000000"/>
</shape>
And now you just layer them (put one over the other). Bottom layer is the background. This is what I called actionbar_layer_list.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/actionbar_background"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/actionbar_foreground"/>
</layer-list>
And now just define a style for your app in the styles.xml
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>
<style name="CustomActionBarTheme" parent="#style/AppTheme">
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/CustomActionBar</item>
</style>
<!-- ActionBar styles -->
<style name="CustomActionBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="background">#drawable/actionbar_layer_list</item>
<item name="titleTextStyle">#style/CustomActionBarTextStyle</item>
</style>
And apply it in the AndroidManifest.xml
And it looks something like this

Selector drawables

I have the following definition of an android style and selector applied to ListView, however I see no effect of gray gradient applied when I click on it. On click it immediately displays blue gradient.
As author of this example has written:
We want to apply this to our list selector. Instead of always showing
the same gradient, we want the gradient to change its start color from
grey to a light blue whenever a list item is pressed. Because we now
have two different list selectors—one for default state one for
pressed state—we need to keep them in separate files.
Can someone explain how it should be displayed properly ? Or I'm missing something ?
More general, what exactly I should expect to see on display screen ? Something like fluent transition from gray gradient to blue gradient on list item click ?
Update: this is how author 'sees' it, but when I click on item it looks only like on right side of picture. May I assume that author wants to see all items in list to be gray by default ? Or this state is not applicable to list view items ?
list_item_default.xml -> GRAY GRADIENT
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:endColor="#FFFF"
android:startColor="#AFFF" />
<stroke
android:width="1dip"
android:color="#CCC" />
<corners android:radius="5px" />
</shape>
list_item_pressed.xml -> BLUE GRADIENT
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:endColor="#FFFF"
android:startColor="#AA66CCFF" />
<stroke
android:width="1dip"
android:color="#CCC" />
<corners android:radius="5px" />
</shape>
list_selector.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/list_item_default" android:state_pressed="false"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/list_item_pressed" android:state_pressed="true"/>
</selector>
styles.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyMoviesTheme" parent="#android:style/Theme.Black">
<item name="android:listViewStyle">#style/MyMoviesListView</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#drawable/film_bg</item>
</style>
<style name="MyMoviesTextAppearance" parent="#android:style/TextAppearance">
<!--<item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>-->
</style>
<style name="MyMoviesListView" parent="#android:Widget.ListView">
<item name="android:background">#color/list_background</item>
<item name="android:listSelector">#drawable/list_selector</item>
<item name="android:cacheColorHint">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:fastScrollEnabled">true</item>
<item name="android:footerDividersEnabled">false</item>
</style>
</resources>

Try adding a sentence：
<item
android:state_enabled="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/list_item_default"/>
<item
android:state_enabled="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/list_item_pressed"
android:state_pressed="true"/>

android pass color variable to a complex button style in XML

I have a style for button like : http://ace-subido.github.io/css3-microsoft-metro-buttons/buttons.html (See Stripped button).
But I want to be able to use this style for different colors without recreating 4 xml files (a selector drawable + 3 button states drawables with layer list).
In a btn_stripped_orange.xml (and 2 other xml for different button states) I have a color
With this syntax, evrything is ok :-)
But instead of creating 4 new xml files for every different colors, I want to "pass a color" to btn_stripped_orange.xml (so I should rename it to btn_stripped.xml).
In style.xml I have to call #drawable/btn_stripped_orange_selector
after this btn_stripped_orange_selector call
I think I have to pass the border_color variable to the style in styles.xml with call #drawable/btn_stripped_orange_selector
I want to just create new style with the #drawable/btn_stripped_orange_selector as android:background (and rename it) and the color varaible
This is the code that I'm trying to do (no error in eclipse, but app crash on run), If I replace ?attr/border_color with a color #color/orange for exemple, it works perfectly. I think it's just a syntax problem.
My themes.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="btn_orange" parent="#style/btStripped1">
<item name="border_color">#attr/border_color</item>
</style>
<attr name="border_color" format="color" />
</resources>
My btn_stripped_orange_selector.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/btn_stripped_orange_press" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="#drawable/btn_stripped_orange_focus" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/btn_stripped_orange" />
</selector>
My btn_stripped_orange.xml (nearly the same than _focus and _press) :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="?attr/border_color" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="5dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="5dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Finally in my styles.xml
<resources>
.....
<style name="btStripped1">
<!-- I want to pass a color variable here -->
<item name="android:background">#drawable/btn_stripped_orange_selector</item>
<item name="android:padding">6dp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/black</item>
<item name="android:shadowColor">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="android:shadowDx">1</item>
<item name="android:shadowDy">1</item>
<item name="android:shadowRadius">1</item>
</style>
....
</resources>
I want a pure xml solution but if it's impossible and you have a solution with a bit of java code, your're welcome !
Thank you very very much for your help and sorry for average english !

customize the height of tab indicator in view pager?

I am looking to style the tab indicator like pininterest where the indicator does not look like the normal "android" style . Is there some attribute where i can set the indicator height ?Please look into the following image .

It might be not a proper solution, and question is really old, but as I haven't found any proper solutions, this is how I did it:
I created a layerList file called indicator:
<layer-list
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FF0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="3dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#efefef" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
And just set it as my tab indicator background:
<style name="CustomTabPageIndicator" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar.TabView">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/indicator</item>
</style>
I've also applied this theme to my actionBar:
<style name="MyActionBarTheme" parent="android:style/Widget.Holo.ActionBar">
<item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">#style/CustomTabPageIndicator</item>
</item> </style>
It works because in indicator.xml first shape is lower shape, which is actual indicator, and to I set its height by providing bottom padding for another shape which color is identical to actionbar color.

just set layout_height attribute in your layout file:
com.viewpagerindicator.TitlePageIndicator
android:layout_height="#dimen/indicator_height"

Using the material design TabLayout, You can set the height with app:tabIndicatorHeight
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:tabIndicatorHeight="4dp" />