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Android xml shape fills the whole background

I made a shape for a custom button and it fills the whole background of the button instead of showing the shape.
This is the xml code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="ring"
android:useLevel="false"
android:thicknessRatio="0">
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
<size
android:width="1dp"
android:height="1dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="0.75dp" android:top="1dp" android:bottom="0.5dp" android:right="1.5dp">
<rotate android:fromDegrees="" android:pivotX="0%" android:pivotY="0%" android:toDegrees="0">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
<size android:height="1dp" android:width="1dp"/>
</shape>
</rotate>
</item>
</layer-list>

I found the solution. For some reason when I use the code I posted in an Imageview it shows correctly, but if I try to use it for a background (doesn't matter if it is for an Imageview/button/etc it shows as a square.
The problem seemed to be that the Preview doesn't represent at all the shape as a background, so I had to check the layout all the time and do the changes depending on it, and not the preview.
This is the final code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
<size
android:width="5dp"
android:height="5dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="8dp" android:top="30dp" android:bottom="8dp" android:right="30dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
<size android:height="1dp" android:width="1dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

How to draw a circular stroke inside a circle?

I'm trying to achieve this effect, but I can't make the white circular stroke inside the circle. In my implementation, the white stroke appears outside the circle
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<corners android:radius="10dip" />
<stroke
android:width="5dip"
android:color="#ffffff" />
<solid android:color="#f50000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Expected output:-

I accomplished this using a <layer-list> and an <inset> oval shape:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#f50000"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<inset
android:insetTop="5dp"
android:insetLeft="5dp"
android:insetRight="5dp"
android:insetBottom="5dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:color="#fff"
android:width="5dp"/>
</shape>
</inset>
</item>
</layer-list>
You can control the inset amount and the stroke width by changing the values in the second item

here you go. Just modify a little your file to have two items and add a padding on the second.
I hope it helps:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#f50000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ffffff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

You need an xml like this (optimized):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#007" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#f00" />
<size
android:width="25dp"
android:height="25dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
or xml like this (not optimized):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#007" />
<size
android:width="25dp"
android:height="25dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="8dp"
android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<solid android:color="#f00" />
<size
android:width="45dp"
android:height="45dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="10dp"
android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<solid android:color="#007" />
<size
android:width="10dp"
android:height="10dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
for this result:

Layer list containing circle with outer stroke

I would like to create the following background with a layer-list:
So basically a circle which has an outer stroke border.
I created the following XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#fff"/>
<size
android:width="10dp"
android:height="10dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke android:color="#ff" android:width="2dp"/>
<size
android:width="25dp"
android:height="25dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
But this shows only one solid oval. Any help is appreciated!

Try This Change Color as per your requirement
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:width="60dp"
android:height="60dp"
android:top="15dp"
android:right="15dp"
android:bottom="15dp"
android:left="15dp">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<stroke android:width="8dp"
android:color="#ffffff"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Try this .xml File
Tried to edit also you want to Exact
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:topLeftRadius="20dp"
android:topRightRadius="20dp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="20dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="20dp"
/>
<solid
android:color="#"
/>
<padding
android:left="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:bottom="0dp"
/>
<size
android:width="100dp"
android:height="100dp"
/>
<stroke
android:width="3dp"
android:color="#33779C"
/>
android:shape="oval">>
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<size android:height="25dp"
android:width="25dp"/>
</shape>
The Result shape Like This...

Android Shape - Square with Circle and Different Top Color

I am trying to create a shape drawable like below.
where only the top left section is in different color ( here white ). Thought placing a rectangle with smaller size would let me achieve this but I was wrong. Am I even going in the right direction?
Here's my drawable.xml 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:width="15dp" android:height="15dp"/>
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#android:color/black" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

<?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:width="60dp" android:height="60dp"/>
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="40dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="30dp" android:height="30dp"/>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="30dp" android:bottom="0dip">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="10dp" android:height="10dp"/>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke android:color="#android:color/black" android:width="1dp"/>
<size android:width="60dp" android:height="60dp"/>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Android banner ribbon using shape

I am trying to figure out how I would stack shapes so I can create the following ribbon(Pink/White/Pink/White/Pink part). I will then be using this as a background for my textview.

I figured it out using a layer-list
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFe5887c" />
<size android:width="2dp" android:height="2dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp">
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFFFF" />
<size android:width="1dp" android:height="1dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="3dp">
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFe5887c" />
<size android:width="20dp" android:height="20dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="23dp">
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFFFF" />
<size android:width="1dp" android:height="1dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="24dp">
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#FFe5887c" />
<size android:width="2dp" android:height="2dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>