Looking for a good approach to achieve a similar toolbar. Should I use image buttons ??
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/actionbarT"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/thebackgroundimageyouwant"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
app:theme="#style/Base.Theme.AppCompat.CompactMenu" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/toolbarmenucontainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:weightSum="3"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/preferedbackground"
android:clickable="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_weight = "1"
android:src="#drawable/preferredimage" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/preferedbackground"
android:clickable="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_weight = "1"
android:src="#drawable/preferredimage" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/preferedbackground"
android:clickable="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_weight = "1"
android:src="#drawable/preferredimage" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>
the idea is they will lay out horizontally like the one you want, also then do not do ToolBar.setTitle() or setnagivation on the ToolBar also you don't have to add optionsMenu to it. so it will be bare like the one you want.
try it and see if it fits your requirement, remember to add the background and image src to the ImageButtons
I know this question is super old, but I figure it's never too late to answer for other peoples sake who are searching for the same thing. I just found this tutorial and these official docs on the subject now that bottom navs are officially supported by Android and are a part of the material design guidelines if your app has 3 to 5 top level navigation locations. I hope this helps someone else, because I spent a good bit of time looking around for this.
I shared my solution on GitHub. It is for Xamarin but the layouts are the same.
http://behsaadramez.com/2015/11/26/androidbottomtoolbar/
I came to this question sometime back. I was unable to add text below the buttons. I have written an article how I solved the problem with code snippet and screenshot here, create goolge plus like toolbar in android
This works for me in 2020, Android Studio 3.5.3 is how to set a Toolbar (the second half of the accepted answer).
How do I align views at the bottom of the screen?
You can use a Toolbar layout/widget in androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
Set the
alignParentBottom
property to "true" (Place the elements Inside a RelativeLayout).
Well, last time I tried to do this I've used Buttons at the bottom of the layout wrapped by a LinearLayout, something like this:
<LinearLayout>
// The other stuff on the view
(...)
</LinearLayout>
// (This is the part you can try to use as a toolbar)
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:background="#drawable/button_tab"
android:textColor="#ffffffff"
android:text="#string/bt_orders"
android:id="#+id/bt_orders"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:background="#drawable/button_tab"
android:textColor="#ffffffff"
android:text="#string/bt_credit"
android:id="#+id/bt_credit"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
And if you're curious about the style and background I've used, here it is:
// button_tab.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/button_pressed" />
<solid android:color="#color/button_pressed" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:state_focused="true" >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/button_focus" />
<solid android:color="#color/button_focus" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/button_normal" />
<solid android:color="#color/button_normal" />
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
Related
I've seen this question asked some other times on the site, but no one couldn't get any answer.
Is there any way to customize the appearance of the divider in the dropdown showing when using an AutocompleteTextview in android?
It's pretty easy for a ListView, but using only an ArrayAdapter for the autocompletetextview, is there any way to customize the divider.
(Not the textview, I already know doing that)
Im not sure how you can do it for single AutoCompleteTextView but I know how to set it for the whole application. This should also help you :)
<style name="MyTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">#style/MyListViewStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="MyListViewStyle" parent="#android:style/Widget.ListView">
<item name="android:divider">#F00</item>
<item name="android:dividerHeight">1px</item>
</style>
I didnt find any divider properties so I did this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/black">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:text="Medium Text"
android:id="#+id/textView129"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#color/white"
android:layout_marginBottom="1dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
So wat im doing is I have a background color for the Linear layout and another background color for the text View (textView's background color overlaps the linear layout's background color) now using the margin property and setting the bottom margin of textview to 1dp u'll get a clean line between elements....
I had faced same problem and try many ways but not achieve result, at last i got a quick and easy way to set divider and divider lenght with AutocompleteTextview. Basically we can set a border from bottom side with TextView of ArrayAdapter Layout. Like as
step1. Make a layout for arrayadapetr like as
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/testt"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/background_single_line"
android:textColor="#drawable/text_color"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMediumInverse"
style="?android:attr/dropDownItemStyle"
android:maxLines="1"
android:padding="3dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
step2: in drawable folder create new layout its name background_single_line.xml
<?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="#android:color/black" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="1dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
Finally looks as divider .
The answer from Mark is normally the best solution. However different versions of the AppCompat library have different behavior, regarding how android:dropDownListViewStyle affects other menus, like the system overflow/options menu. For example, in AppCompat version 23.0.1, it will not affect this menu in the ActionBar/Toolbar; whereas version 23.2.1 it will affect it, as explained here.
If you want a style that is isolated to only affect the AutoCompleteTextView, it may not be possible. But an alternative way is to create the list divider image manually, as part of the layout of the dropdown list row:
res/layout/autocomplete_list_row.xml
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:layout_height="50dip">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
style="?android:attr/dropDownItemStyle"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
tools:text="An auto-complete list item"
android:minHeight="48dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="marquee"/>
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:background="#drawable/divider"/>
</LinearLayout>
res/drawable/divider.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:height="1dp" />
<solid android:color="#458c8c8c" />
</shape>
Then use this layout in your adapter for the AutoCompleteTextView:
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> autoCompleteListAdapter =
new ArrayAdapter<>(context,
R.layout.autocomplete_list_row,
R.id.text, arrayList);
Similar approach using ConstraintLayout here.
I can't center my drawableLeft icon.
I can easily put icon on the left of text, but if I set gravity to center, then only text is centered, but no icon.
<Button
android:id="#+id/patient_list_button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/patientList"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_icon_two_heads"
android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
style="#style/darkBlueButtonWithImage"/>
This is what I want:
This is what I have:
<style name="darkBlueButtonWithImage">
<item name="android:drawablePadding">10dp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:paddingLeft">10dp</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/radius_dark_blue_button</item>
<item name="android:gravity">center_vertical|left</item>
<item name="android:drawableTint">#color/white</item> <!-- has to be set in activity.java -->
</style>
How can I achieve this?
Finally, after all these years, we have possibility to achieve such behavior in simple and intuitive way.
All you have to do is use MaterialButton from Google Material library. Then use style with icon. After that you can use app:iconGravity property and set it to textStart
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Button.Icon"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some text"
app:iconGravity="textStart"
app:icon="#drawable/some_icon" />
The easiest solution IMO:
yourButtonView.text = SpannableString(" ${getString(R.string.your_string)}").apply {
setSpan(
ImageSpan(requireContext(), R.drawable.your_icon),
0,
1,
Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE
)
}
Is a bit hacky? Maybe. Does it work with every button (MaterialButton, AppCompatButton, Button, etc)? It does.
I prefer this rather than going with all the hassle of creating a custom view or something like that.
After giving Google's approach a try over 9000 times, I almost always ended up using a ViewGroup to put both side by side, particularly a RelativeLayout or LinearLayout and then adding an ImageView and a TextView. It's lame, but drawableStart/End have so many missing features that you'll waste a lot of time before you realize "you can't do it".
Alignments, tinting, Vectors, etc. All those things are harder or impossible with the "built in" drawable.
Using Button attributes android:drawableLeft and android:drawablePadding you won't be able to get your expected result. You can create a custom button using RelativeLayout or LinearLayout, TextView and ImageView. Use <selector> to define your button state(normal/pressed) behavior.
Here is an working example. Try this:
<!--- Custom Button -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/patient_list_button"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#drawable/custom_button_selector">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="24dp"
android:layout_height="24dp"
android:src="#drawable/icon_refresh"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:text="CUSTOM BUTTON"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
custom_button_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:state_enabled="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/bg_custom_button_pressed" />
<item
android:state_focused="true"
android:state_enabled="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/bg_custom_button_pressed" />
<item
android:state_enabled="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/bg_custom_button_normal" />
</selector>
bg_custom_button_normal.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<!-- view background color -->
<solid
android:color="#01A1DD" >
</solid>
<!-- Here is the corner radius -->
<corners android:radius="8dp" >
</corners>
</shape>
bg_custom_button_pressed.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<!-- view background color -->
<solid
android:color="#303F9F">
</solid>
<!-- Here is the corner radius -->
<corners android:radius="8dp" >
</corners>
</shape>
OUTPUT:
Hope this will help~
a) Increase "paddingLeft" value and shrink or remove "drawablePadding" in your case, adjust the value to a proper one; for example:
android:paddingLeft="50dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
b) Use a custom view.
A bit hacky solution:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_whatsapp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="#id/tv_call"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tv_completed_message_desc"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:textStyle="normal"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/rs_dp_13"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/rs_dp_12"
android:background="#drawable/rs_dark_teal_rectangle_bg"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:textColor="#color/dark_teal"
**android:paddingHorizontal="38dp"**
android:includeFontPadding="false"
**android:drawableStart="#drawable/rs_user_journey_whatsapp_icon"**
**android:drawableLeft="#drawable/rs_user_journey_whatsapp_icon"**
android:visibility="visible"
android:letterSpacing="0.04"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
**android:gravity="center_vertical|end"**
android:text="Whatsapp"/>
Setting horizontal padding along with gravity as center_vertical|end will achieve the required behaviour. You can increase/decrease the padding as per requirement.
I need to create a stack of overlapping ImageViews in Android like Spider Solitaire in Windows. Also, I need to be able to dynamically add more ImageViews. Please suggest methods to do so. Can I use a LinearLayout (Its not necessary. Whatever works is fine)? If so, how do I accomplish the overlap?
Note: All the ImageViews will have the same amount of overlap, so no need to worry about the unopened cards in the give screenshot.
Thank You
User LayerList
A LayerDrawable is a drawable object that manages an array of other drawables.
Each drawable in the list is drawn in the order of the list—the last drawable in the list is drawn on top.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<bitmap android:src="#drawable/android_red"
android:gravity="center" />
</item>
<item android:top="10dp" >
<bitmap android:src="#drawable/android_green"
android:gravity="center" />
</item>
<item android:top="20dp" >
<bitmap android:src="#drawable/android_blue"
android:gravity="center" />
</item>
</layer-list>
Note : the below images uses item attributes as android:left="10dp", android:left="20dp".
You can use FrameLayout. Following layout is an example with 3 ImageViews:
<FrameLayout 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" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:background="#f00" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:background="#0f0" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="40dp"
android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
android:background="#00f" />
</FrameLayout>
I don't think you can achieve this using Linearlayout only.
But you can use LayerList
A LayerDrawable is a drawable object that manages an array of other
drawables. Each drawable in the list is drawn in the order of the
list—the last drawable in the list is drawn on top.
with help of LayerList you can achieve the following:
Syntax
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:drawable="#[package:]drawable/drawable_resource"
android:id="#[+][package:]id/resource_name"
android:top="dimension"
android:right="dimension"
android:bottom="dimension"
android:left="dimension" />
</layer-list>
Is it possible to specify border in Android button in the main.xml?
[p.s.
without the 'separate xml file containing stroke tag' but in the original file where I define the button and also
without the 'dynamically by programming' solution
and 'images' solution]
<Button
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="Player 3"
android:layout_x="0px"
android:layout_y="0px"
android:id="#+id/p3"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
here I am changing the background dynamically but the problem is, for 2 buttons there is no border.
Try to use shape
my_shape.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="7dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="7dp"
android:radius="0.1dp"
android:topLeftRadius="7dp"
android:topRightRadius="7dp" />
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#E8E6E7" />
</shape>
And Button
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/my_shape"
android:text="Button" />
Screenshot
I hope this will help you.
This is not the recommended way to do it because it causes overdraw and adds unnecessary views, Gunaseelan has the proper method.
There's no concept of borders as an attribute. The accepted way is to use a separate drawable as the background to the View (using stroke as you've mentioned and as #gunaseelan writes).
The other (not recommended) way is to enclose your Button in another View like a LinearLayout, set the background color to the desired border colour on the encapsulating View and padding on the outer View too.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#342334"
android:padding="5dp"
>
<Button
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:text="whatwhaaat"
/>
</LinearLayout>
The value of the padding will indicate the thickness of the border. This method is not recommended as you end up with an extra View in your layout, and another layer of overdraw (it draws the LinearLayout then the Button on top).
I am trying to design an EditText Field having Shadows (bottom and right side) like this
tried googling & hunted many SO discussions but all are for TextView not EditText.
This is my code adding shadow to Input Text but not to TextField
<EditText android:id="#+id/txtpin"
android:maxLength="4"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_height="37dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:longClickable="false"
android:layout_width="160dp"
android:shadowColor="#color/Black"
android:shadowDx="1.2"
android:shadowDy="1.2"
android:shadowRadius="1.5"
android:background="#color/White">
<requestFocus></requestFocus>
</EditText>
I guess it needs some custom xml view in drawable but not getting exact idea.
What will be the logic to achieve this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Well.. #Shalini's answer helped me in this way but still I got another way to achieve 2D shadow with EditText Field and I am going to share with you.
We need to create custom XML view with three layer for EditText,
bottom shadow and right side shadow
Below is my code.
res/drawable/edittext_shadow.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- most important is order of layers -->
<!-- Bottom right side 2dp Shadow -->
<item >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#000000" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- Bottom 2dp Shadow -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#000000" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- White Top color -->
<item android:bottom="3px" android:right="3px">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Now we can set this shadow view to our TextField using "Background" property
like this
res/layout/main.xml
<EditText android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/txtpin"
android:maxLength="4"
android:layout_height="37dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:longClickable="false"
android:padding="2dp"
android:inputType="textPassword|number"
android:password="true"
android:background="#drawable/edittext_shadow"
android:layout_weight="0.98"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp">
<requestFocus></requestFocus>
</EditText>
and the result screen is like I have posted in question above.
Thanks to SO, sharing knowledge.
This works for me..
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:shadowRadius="2"
android:shadowColor="#0000ff"
android:shadowDx="2"
android:shadowDy="4"
android:id="#+id/EditText01"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
Hope it helps:)
From Shadow Effect for a Text in Android?, perhaps you'd consider using
android:shadowColor,
android:shadowDx,
android:shadowDy,
android:shadowRadius;
Alternatively:
setShadowLayer()