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Border Stroke with gradient colours and rounded corners [duplicate]

I want to create a border for a linearLayout. So I decide to create a shape. I want the border to have a gradient. The following is not doing it. It fills the rectangle and then creates a stroke. I don't want a filled rectangle, just the stroke. And I want to apply the gradient to the stroke.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ff207d94" />
</shape>

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="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ff207d94" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#fff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

since the accepted answer didn't work exactly as i wanted it to work for me, i'll post my solution too, maybe it helps someone else :)
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<!-- create gradient you want to use with the angle you want to use -->
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:centerColor="#android:color/holo_blue_bright"
android:endColor="#android:color/holo_red_light"
android:startColor="#android:color/holo_green_light" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- create the stroke for top, left, bottom and right with the dp you want -->
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<!-- fill the inside in the color you want (could also be a gradient again if you want to, just change solid to gradient and enter angle, start, maybe center, and end color) -->
<solid android:color="#fff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This will create a layout with top border of 2dp.
just set it as a background to your layout
<?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:startColor="#4fc949"
android:centerColor="#0c87c5"
android:endColor="#b4ec51"
android:angle="180" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/background_color"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This would be the appropriate solution to what you wanna do. It includes gradient in stroke as well as a gradient in fill colour.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape >
<gradient
android:startColor="#2196F3"
android:endColor="#673AB7"
android:angle="270" />
<stroke
android:width="0dp"
android:color="#color/transparentColor" />
<corners
android:radius="8dp" />
<padding
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="0dp">
<shape>
<gradient
android:startColor="#FBB100"
android:endColor="#FF9900"
android:angle="270"/>
<corners
android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This extra source should fix your problem
<?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="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<size android:height="170dp"
android:width="170dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp" android:bottom="2dp" android:right="2dp" android:left="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="140dp"
android:height="140dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent"/>
<solid android:color="#color/white"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

How to change background color in shapes of android?

I need to change the background color of a button using shapes.
`
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?/>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_active="true">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/blue3"/>
<stroke android:color="#color/white1" android:width="2dp" />
<corners android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
`
I am trying to set blue3 color using solid but it's not appearing in view. Please make me correct if i am trying to do it incorrect way.

Use this file in drawable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<item>
<layer-list >
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#d4d4d4"></solid>
<corners android:radius="2dp"></corners>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="2dp" android:bottom="2dp" android:left="1dp" android:top="1dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#ff0000"></solid>
<corners android:radius="2dp"></corners>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
</item>
and set Button background from drawable
Hope this will help!

Here is the solution of this question.
`
<?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="#color/blue3" />
<corners android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
`

Shadow-like drawable, using "layer-list"

Background
I'm trying to make a (fake) shadow below a view, so that the layers would be vertical in this manner:
a line of color "#43000000" with a height of "1dp"
below the line, a gradient that starts from the top with color "#1A000000" and ends with color "#00000000", and is of a height of "8dp".
The problem
For some reason, I can't draw the line correctly.
No matter what I do, the line for some reason takes the whole space, while the gradient seems fine.
What I tried
I tried using "line" as the shape and also "rectangle". I also tried using "stroke" instead of "solid", tried adding padding and margins...
Here's the XML of the drawable file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<size android:height="1dp" />
<solid android:color="#43000000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="1dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="270"
android:endColor="#00000000"
android:startColor="#1A000000" />
<size android:height="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Again, this is not the only thing I've tried. It's just my first attempt.
The question
How can I fix this XML ? what is causing it to happen?

Here's what I've found to be working:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:bottom="8dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<size android:height="1dp" />
<solid android:color="#43000000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="1dp">
<shape
android:dither="true"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="270"
android:endColor="#00000000"
android:startColor="#10000000" />
<size android:height="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Tried with this,may it fulfill your need with gradient
<?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="#e040fb"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#E1BEE7"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
<gradient
android:angle="270"
android:endColor="#e1bee7"
android:startColor="#e040fb" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

You can change the heights in this and get what you want
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:height="10dp"
android:gravity="bottom">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/shadow_color" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="20dp" android:left="20dp" android:bottom="12dp"
android:top="10dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/border_color"/>
<corners android:radius="20dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="30dp" android:left="30dp" android:bottom="23dp"
android:top="20dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/base_color"/>
<corners android:radius="15dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Android shape border with gradient

I want to create a border for a linearLayout. So I decide to create a shape. I want the border to have a gradient. The following is not doing it. It fills the rectangle and then creates a stroke. I don't want a filled rectangle, just the stroke. And I want to apply the gradient to the stroke.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ff207d94" />
</shape>

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="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ff207d94" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#fff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

since the accepted answer didn't work exactly as i wanted it to work for me, i'll post my solution too, maybe it helps someone else :)
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<!-- create gradient you want to use with the angle you want to use -->
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:centerColor="#android:color/holo_blue_bright"
android:endColor="#android:color/holo_red_light"
android:startColor="#android:color/holo_green_light" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- create the stroke for top, left, bottom and right with the dp you want -->
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<!-- fill the inside in the color you want (could also be a gradient again if you want to, just change solid to gradient and enter angle, start, maybe center, and end color) -->
<solid android:color="#fff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This will create a layout with top border of 2dp.
just set it as a background to your layout
<?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:startColor="#4fc949"
android:centerColor="#0c87c5"
android:endColor="#b4ec51"
android:angle="180" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/background_color"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This would be the appropriate solution to what you wanna do. It includes gradient in stroke as well as a gradient in fill colour.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape >
<gradient
android:startColor="#2196F3"
android:endColor="#673AB7"
android:angle="270" />
<stroke
android:width="0dp"
android:color="#color/transparentColor" />
<corners
android:radius="8dp" />
<padding
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="0dp">
<shape>
<gradient
android:startColor="#FBB100"
android:endColor="#FF9900"
android:angle="270"/>
<corners
android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This extra source should fix your problem
<?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="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<size android:height="170dp"
android:width="170dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp" android:bottom="2dp" android:right="2dp" android:left="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="140dp"
android:height="140dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent"/>
<solid android:color="#color/white"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

How to show only top and bottom border

This is my XML code which works fine, the only problem is it's showing border on all four sides while I want only to show border on the top and on the bottom only. How can I do that?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<stroke
android:width="3dip"
android:color="#B1BCBE"
/>
<padding
android:bottom="0dip"
android:left="0dip"
android:right="0dip"
android:top="0dip"
/>
</shape>

Try the below
<?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="#FF0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="5dp" android:top="5dp" >
// add android:right="5dp" and android:left="5dp" for border on left and right
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#000000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Edit:
Modify the below according to your requirements by changing the color, stroke width and padding
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="5dip"
android:color="#B1BCBE"
/>
<padding
android:bottom="0dip"
android:left="0dip"
android:right="0dip"
android:top="0dip"
/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="5dp" android:top="5dp" >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Snap

use:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Describes the line -->
<item android:top="-1dp" android:bottom="-1dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#ffffff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Try this:
<padding
android:bottom="0dip"
android:left="-1dip"
android:right="-1dip"
android:top="0dip"
/>

Its best not to mention the height and width attributes in layer-list as height and width attributes of item is supported only from API 23.
You can use below Drawable that worked below Android 4.0 and above 5.0.
<?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="#color/blue_light" /> <!-- this is stroke color-->
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="5dp" android:top="5dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/dark_blue" /> <!-- this is main color-->
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Refer this code -
<?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="#cccccc"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp" android:bottom="2dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#efefef"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>