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Custom drawable not showing properly when applied to a layout

I designed a custom shape
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="30dp"
android:right="30dp"
android:top="-30dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size
android:width="80dp"
android:height="40dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary" />
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="0dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="0dp"
android:topLeftRadius="10dp"
android:topRightRadius="10dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size
android:width="100dp"
android:height="40dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary" />
<corners android:radius="0dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Now when I try to apply this to a layout background Which is BottomSheet it doesn't have any effect and simply covers up the entire screen with blue background (It becomes a solid flat blue rectangle)
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/bottom_sheet"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/background_features"
android:padding="32dp"
app:behavior_hideable="false"
app:behavior_peekHeight="#dimen/partial_features_peek_height_50dp"
app:layout_behavior="com.google.android.material.bottomsheet.BottomSheetBehavior">
How can I apply this custom background in its shape

You can try it
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="30dp"
android:right="30dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size
android:width="80dp"
android:height="40dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary"/>
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="0dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="0dp"
android:topLeftRadius="10dp"
android:topRightRadius="10dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:top="30dp"
>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size
android:width="100dp"
android:height="40dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary"/>
<corners android:radius="0dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Let me know the result if it is the layout which you want to achieve or not. Hope it help

use layer list
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Apply the margin value on the "item" element -->
<!-- This example creates a 15dp visible margin around the dialog -->
<item
android:top="15dp"
android:bottom="15dp"
android:left="15dp"
android:right="15dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<!-- Add attributes specific to your background (e.g. corner radius, colors, etc.) -->
<!-- Set "padding" at minimum to match margin and add additional content padding as well, if desired -->
<!-- This example creates 10dp of internal padding for content -->
<padding
android:top="25dp"
android:bottom="25dp"
android:left="25dp"
android:right="25dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

How to draw a rectangle with round end circle corners using XML like Sticker View Corner

How to create round circle for the rectangle edges like StickerView Have.
I don't want to use StickerView, because it does not support EditText like function.
My xml code for Rectangle. I would like to add Corners with round big dots.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- res/drawable/rounded_edittext.xml -->
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" android:padding="10dp">
<corners
android:bottomRightRadius="15dp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="15dp"
android:topLeftRadius="15dp"
android:topRightRadius="15dp"/>
</shape>
Below is the mainactivity.xml code where I implement the borders for RotatableAutofitEditText.
<com.agilie.RotatableAutofitEditText xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:autofit="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="128dp"
android:layout_marginTop="272dp"
android:background="#drawable/borders"
android:gravity="center"
android:hint="#string/hint_add_some_text"
android:text="Type Here"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textColorHint="#android:color/darker_gray"
autofit:clipBounds="false"
autofit:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
autofit:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
autofit:maxTextSize="#dimen/autoresize_max_text_size"
autofit:minTextSize="#dimen/autoresize_min_text_size"
autofit:minWidth="#dimen/autoresize_min_width"
autofit:movable="true"
autofit:resizable="true"
autofit:rotatable="true" />

You can customize this template with your colors.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:bottom="8dp"
android:end="8dp"
android:start="8dp"
android:top="8dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:gravity="start|top">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<size
android:width="16dp"
android:height="16dp" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/black" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:gravity="end|top">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<size
android:width="16dp"
android:height="16dp" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/black" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:gravity="start|bottom">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<size
android:width="16dp"
android:height="16dp" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/black" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:gravity="end|bottom">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<size
android:width="16dp"
android:height="16dp" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/black" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

A list of Github link for StickerView
https://github.com/nimengbo/StickerView
https://github.com/kencheung4/android-StickerView
https://github.com/uptechteam/MotionViews-Android
https://github.com/wuapnjie/StickerView
https://github.com/sangmingming/StickerView
https://github.com/niravkalola/Android-StickerView
https://github.com/Kaka252/StickerView
https://github.com/yovenny/StickerView
https://github.com/lukehutch/android-multitouch-controller
This handles 3 in 1 facility. On Multi-Touch, you can pan your image, you can scale your image and at the same time you can also rotate your image. And you can add number of stickers as you want.

Android TextView border with specific size

I need a border at the bottom, left and right of TextView, but for the left and right border only custom size of actual textview height, not the whole.
Looks like this:
Could anyone explain how to implement it?
At current moment I draw border at bottom, left and right using this code
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="1px"
android:left="1px"
android:right="1px"
android:top="-2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/grey_20" />
<solid android:color="#null" />
</shape>
</item>

You can directly give the padding to the layout in which you put the image and give background to the layout you will get border around the corner.
And you also got custom border around the image.
<LinearLayoutxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="20dp"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:paddingTop="20dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ffffff" />
I am giving background to a image you can give image source.

Find a solution, this works for me
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#color/line_grey" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="1dp"
android:left="1dp"
android:right="1dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="8.0dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
</shape>
</item>

How can I add depth to a shape

I need to make my EditText look like its got depth like in the image below.
I have this shape I don't know what to add to it
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/primary_dark" />
</shape>

you can accomplish that with a drawable like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!--background to compensate the transparency under shadow and glow (for bigger depth values)-->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/primary_dark" />
</shape>
</item>
<!--top, dark, inner shadow-->
<item
android:bottom="#dimen/depth">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#1A000000" />
</shape>
</item>
<!--bottom, light, outer glow-->
<item
android:top="#dimen/depth">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#4DFFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
<!--your color-->
<item
android:top="#dimen/depth"
android:bottom="#dimen/depth">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/primary_dark />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
and define a dimen in dimens.xml
<dimen name="depth">2dp</dimen>
by changing of the dimen you can change the depth of the drawable

This might also make your field look close to the effect but with a little more depth (see below). It might be worth adding the background to a outer view to wrap the edit text too so you can indent the text if you haven't already done this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- outer shine -->
<item
android:top="4dp"
android:left="4dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#1597FB" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- inner shadow -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#004173" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- inner background -->
<item
android:top="2dp"
android:left="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#006EC3" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
And then you EditText as below;
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:paddingRight="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/rounded_rect_layered_combined">
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:textColor="#ffffff"/>
</FrameLayout>

Style bottom Line in Android

I need to create an android shape so that only the bottom has stroke (a dashed line). When I try the following, the stroke bisects the shape right through the center. Does anyone know how to get it right? the stroke needs to be the bottom line/border. I am using the shape as a background to a TextView. Please, never mind why I need it.
<?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="#1bd4f6" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="line" >
<padding android:bottom="1dp" />
<stroke
android:dashGap="10px"
android:dashWidth="10px"
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#ababb2" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

It's kind of a hack, but I think this is probably the best way to do it. The dashed line will always be on the bottom, regardless of the height.
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#1bd4f6" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="-2dp" android:right="-2dp" android:left="-2dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:dashGap="10px"
android:dashWidth="10px"
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#ababb2" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Explanation:
The second shape is transparent rectangle with a dashed outline. The key in making the border only appear along the bottom lies in the negative margins set the other sides. These negative margins "push" the dashed line outside the drawn area on those sides, leaving only the line along the bottom. One potential side-effect (which I haven't tried) is that, for views that draw outside their own bounds, the negative-margin borders may become visible.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:top="-6dp"
android:left="-6dp"
android:right="-6dp"
android:bottom="0dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#88FFFF00"/>
<stroke
android:width="5dp"
android:color="#FF000000"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This does the trick...
<item >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#YOUR_BOTTOM_LINE_COLOR"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="1.5dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#YOUR_BG_COLOR"/>
</shape>
</item>

I feel it is straightforward, without all this negative paddings or storks.
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#color/main_bg_color"/>
<item android:gravity="bottom">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:height="5dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/bottom_bar_color"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This answer is for those google searchers who want to show dotted bottom border of EditText like here
Create dotted.xml inside drawable folder and paste these
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:bottom="1dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="-2dp"
android:top="-2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="0.5dp"
android:color="#android:color/black" />
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#030310"
android:dashGap="5dp"
android:dashWidth="5dp" />
<padding
android:bottom="5dp"
android:left="5dp"
android:right="5dp"
android:top="5dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Then simply set the android:background attribute to dotted.xml we just created. Your EditText looks like this.
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some Text"
android:background="#drawable/dotted" />

Try next xml drawable code:
<layer-list>
<item android:top="-2dp" android:right="-2dp" android:left="-2dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#fff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

I think you do not need to use shape if I understood you.
If you are looking as shown in following image then use following layout.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:background="#1bd4f6"
android:paddingBottom="4dp" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#ababb2"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Hello Android" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
EDIT
play with these properties you will get result
android:top="dimension"
android:right="dimension"
android:bottom="dimension"
android:left="dimension"
try 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" >
<solid android:color="#1bd4f6" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="20px"
android:left="0px">
<shape android:shape="line" >
<padding android:bottom="1dp" />
<stroke
android:dashGap="10px"
android:dashWidth="10px"
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#ababb2" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

A Simple solution :
Create a drawable file as edittext_stroke.xml in drawable folder.
Add the below code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="line"
>
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#android:color/white" >
</stroke>
</shape>
In layout file , add the drawable to edittext as
android:drawableBottom="#drawable/edittext_stroke"
<EditText
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableBottom="#drawable/edittext_stroke"
/>

Usually for similar tasks - I created layer-list drawable like this one:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/underlineColor"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="3dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/buttonColor"/>
</shape>
</item>
The idea is that first you draw the rectangle with underlineColor and then on top of this one you draw another rectangle with the actual buttonColor but applying bottomPadding. It always works.
But when I needed to have buttonColor to be transparent I couldn't use the above drawable. I found one more solution
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/white_box" android:gravity="bottom" android:height="2dp"/>
</layer-list>
(as you can see here the mainButtonColor is transparent and white_box is just a simple rectangle drawable with white Solid)

use this xml change the color with your choice.
<item>
<layer-list>
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#color/gray_500" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- CONTENT LAYER -->
<item android:bottom="2dp" >
<shape>
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
</item>
In Case if you want programmatically
public static Drawable getStorkLineDrawable(#ColorInt int colorStrok, int iSize, int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
{
GradientDrawable gradientDrawable = new GradientDrawable();
gradientDrawable.setShape(GradientDrawable.RECTANGLE);
gradientDrawable.setStroke(iSize, colorStrok);
LayerDrawable layerDrawable = new LayerDrawable(new Drawable[]{gradientDrawable});
layerDrawable.setLayerInset(0, left, top, right, bottom);
return layerDrawable;
}
call this method like
Drawable yourLineDrawable= getStorkLineDrawable(yourColor, iSize, -iSize, -iSize, -iSize, 0);

easiest way to do this is put after that view where you want bottom border
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary" />

This worked best for me:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:top="-5dp" android:left="-5dp" android:right="-5dp" android:bottom="0dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#ff0000"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Shows the line on the bottom only. You can easily change with stroke width to size you like and also update the top, left, right on the accordingly.

Simply add -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!--Minus (-) how much dp you gave in the stroke width from left right top-->
<item android:left="-10dp" android:right="-10dp" android:top="-10dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:dashGap="10dp"
android:dashWidth="10dp"
android:width="10dp"
android:color="#android:color/holo_red_dark" />
<!--This is the main background -->
<solid android:color="#FFDDDDDD" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Preview -

it is completely transparent Edittext with transparent background.
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="-3dp" android:right="-3dp" android:left="-3dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#color/bottomline" />
</shape>
</item>

A Simple solution :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:bottom="-1dp"
android:left="-1dp"
android:right="-1dp"
android:top="-1dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#AARRGGBB" />
<stroke
android:width="5dp"
android:color="#android:color/red"
android:dashWidth="10dp"
android:dashGap="12dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
And finally we have something like that :)

This is rectangular background with bottom stroke
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
<solid android:color="#f2f4f5" />
<stroke
android:width="3dp"
android:color="#002f34" />
<padding android:bottom="4dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
<solid android:color="#f2f4f5" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>