I want to create a custom View based on ImageView to make a widget as below where the drawable source is the camera and the background is the rectangle with the tick sign:
The problems are:
I can not create the border with the tick sign on the right: the tick is stretched fullscreen instead of staying at the bottom right.
The tick sign is sometime behind the image if I set it with android:background.
Here are my xml files:
The current border xml drawable
<?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/transparent"/>
<stroke
android:width="2dip"
android:color="#color/bg_black"/>
<padding
android:left="3dp"
android:right="3dp"
android:top="3dp"
android:bottom="3dp"
/>
</shape>
</item>
<item >
<layer-list >
<item>
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#color/border_yellow"/>
<size
android:width="37dp"
android:height="37dp"/>
<padding
android:bottom="3dp"
android:left="3dp"
android:right="3dp"
android:top="3dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/ic_tick"/>
</layer-list>
</item>
</layer-list>
The Image Button xml layout
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/product1"
android:background="#drawable/toggle_rectangle_check"/>
Thanks for your time.
I'm not sure if this is the sort of solution you'd be looking for but instead of having an xml file with the styling in it, I believe it would be better to have a layout file which defines your layout for your custom Widget, Something like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/customWidgetBox"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/customCheckmark"
android:gravity="bottom|right" />
</LinearLayout>
And to the drawable folder you would need to add both the customCheckmark.xml and customWidgetBox.xml
customCheckmark.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/check_mark">
<stroke android:width="3dp" android:color="#color/blue_button_border" />
</item>
</shape>
customWidgetBox.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/camera">
<stroke android:width="3dp" android:color="#color/blue_button_border" />
</item>
</shape>
Not sure if this code accomplish exactly what you want, but it'll be a good help to get you started because this is definitely the way to do it! :)
Some links that might be interesting for examples:
Set border and background color of textView
Drawable Resource, Android API
how to put a border around an android textview
Tips & Tricks -XML Drawables Part 1
Related
I am attempting to create a drawable shape that will become the background of a search bar. I know how to create a rectangle with two colors but I do not know how to tilt the color at an angle, like in the second image. Can someone help me with this? Thanks.
Take a Toolbar...code is here...
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:layout_width="500dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/custom_background" />
create a drawable res file custom_background.xml and
In that toolbar set drawable like this....code is here
<?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="500dp"
android:height="50dp" />
<solid android:color="#0072BC" />
<corners android:radius="0dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:top="8dp"
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="-400dp"
android:right="128dp">
<rotate
android:fromDegrees="160">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FFF" />
</shape>
</rotate>
</item>
I know this question is very brief but how can I create this shape in XML for an Android Studio project?
It seems like I can create a rectangle and then remove a semi circle portion from it but achieving that effect in XML seems very difficult. Has anyone done this before?
Create such background with pure xml drawables is always tricky, but possible.
I've created button you need in xml. Add this files to your drawable folder:
circle.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<!-- inset - moves circle to the left-->
<inset android:insetLeft="-150dp">
<shape android:shape="ring"
android:thicknessRatio="7"
android:innerRadius="0dp"
android:useLevel="false"
>
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#000000"/>
<solid android:color="#ffffff"/>
</shape>
</inset>
</item>
</selector>
custom_button_default.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="#00ff00"/>
<stroke
android:color="#000000"
android:width="2dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/circle" />
</layer-list>
custom_button_pressed.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="#dddddd"/>
<stroke
android:color="#000000"
android:width="2dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/circle" />
</layer-list>
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:drawable="#drawable/custom_button_pressed" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/custom_button_default"/>
</selector>
Set custom_button_selector drawable as a background of your view in layout:
<Button
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:id="#+id/button"
android:background="#drawable/custom_button_selector"
/>
You probably will have to adjust circle insetLeft value and button width, height in layout. Would be better to have this variables defined in values/dimens.xml.
Default state:
Pressed state:
I've tested it on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 - button background looks the same.
Hi you ca use convert online tools http://www.online-convert.com/ after convert svg to xml android file this site http://inloop.github.io/svg2android/
I am trying to create a simple layer-list drawable for my Android app. When I set the drawable as src of an ImageView it is not drawn correctly:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:top="20dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/dark_gray" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="20dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/dark_gray" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Just two ovals with a little offset to each other. Nothing special (just a test) but it does not work.
It seems that android:left|right|bottom|top is the problem. If I use only of of these commands the drawable is drawn correctly. If two or more are used the ImageView stays empty.
Works:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:top="20dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/dark_gray" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/dark_gray" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Does NOT work (like the first example):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="..." >
<item android:top="20dp" android:left="20dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/dark_gray" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
What is wrong here?
EDIT: # Rod_Algonquin
I use a quite simple layout to test the drawable:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#aaa" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image_logo"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:src="#drawable/testDrawable" >
</ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
It seems that the number of android:left|right|bottom|top arguments is not the source of the problem but the concrete value being used.
This drawable works fine and:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#0f0" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
This one does not draw anything (the ImageView is just transparent):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:top="1dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#0f0" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
The only difference here is the value of android:top. 1dp does not work. 2dp works without any problem.
Any idea?
The problem is that you are using the layer-list drawable as an image resource of the ImageView. android:src will only accept an image not a drawable thus giving you nothing in there.
solution:
Instead of putting it in the android:src put it in the background where you can freely use the drawable.
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image_logo"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:background="#drawable/testDrawable" >
</ImageView>
I have a simple aim. I want a light grey background on my FrameLayout with a black dividing line underneath it (only undernearth, not all around). So far I have this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" android:gravity="center">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="line" android:gravity="bottom" >
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#010101"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
But it draws the line through the centre, i.e. ignores the gravity='bottom' bit. How can I fix this?
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I've struggled a lot with this as well. Basically, to create a border at the bottom, you have to think in opposite direction from what you expect. You start with a rectangle with your Border color. On top of that, you draw the actual color, with an offset from the bottom.
I use this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- CREATE A RECTANGLE WITH YOUR BORDER COLOR -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#fff"/>
</shape>
</item>
<!-- NOW DEFINE THE NORMAL COLOR-->
<item android:bottom="BOTTOM_BORDER_THICKNESS E.G. 4dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#ccc"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Or, as Juan Pablo Saraceno suggested :
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<color android:color="YOUR_BORDER_COLOR" />
</item>
<item android:top="YOUR_BORDER_THICKNESS">
<color android:color="YOUR_BG_COLOR" />
</item>
</layer-list>
Unfortunately I have not found a way to get the gravity working for drawables, but I found how you can achieve what you want with pure xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:top="-2dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:bottom="1dp"
>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE"/>
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#010101"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Good luck:)
I'd recommend using a nine-patch image for this - here's an example that should do the job:
(It's only tiny but it is there!)
If you place this in your drawable folder and set your FrameLayout's background to it then you should get the desired result. The content will go in the grey area and the #010101 pixel will be stretched horizontally to form a line at the bottom. Just make sure to keep the .9.png extension to ensure it gets loaded as a nine-patch.
Hope that helps you
This works!
<item>
<bitmap
android:gravity="left|bottom"
android:src="#drawable/myDrawable" />
</item>
I know it's pretty old question but given answers didn't work for me. Turns out in order to gravity property work you just need to add size tag in drawable item.
So following will work as expected:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:gravity="center">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:gravity="bottom">
<shape android:shape="line">
<size android:height="2dp"/>
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#010101"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
ps. this feature added in api level 23
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/LayerDrawable#setLayerGravity%28int,%20int%29
<?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/Black" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="5dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/White" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Well, it's pretty old question, but none of the answers seem to answer the actual question (how to make gravity working) so here's a working example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<color android:color="#2196F3"/> <!-- Background color -->
</item>
<item android:gravity="bottom">
<shape>
<size android:height="10dp" /> <!-- I would suggest 1dp -->
<solid android:color="#F50057" /> <!-- Line color -->
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
By analogy, if you want to use gravity left or right change attribute height to width
I’m attempting to create a layout border with corners that are square on the outside and round on the inside. I’ve gathered that I need to create an .xml drawable definition composed of two shapes: one with a stroke width and corner radius and another with a stroke width only:
The drawables
round_border.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF000000" />
<padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp"
android:right="7dp" android:bottom="7dp" />
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
<solid android:color="#FFC0C0C0" />
</shape>
square_border.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#FF000000" />
<solid android:color="#FFC0C0C0" />
</shape>
Each of these works independantly as a border when appliedby itself like so:
android:background="#drawable/round_border"
but when they either or both are added to an item-list drawable like so:
composite_border.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<layer-list>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_border"/>
<!-- <item android:drawable="#drawable/square_border"/> -->
</layer-list>
</shape>
and:
android:background="#drawable/composite_border"
The layout's background is completely black instead of just a black border.
Does anyone know how to make the layer list work for this task?
From Shape Drawable Doc you can see that shape can't have layer-list inside so you should define your composite_border.xml like this
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:drawable="#drawable/square_border"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_border"/>
</layer-list>
note that I changed the order of your items inside the layer-list as stated in the documentation of layer-list
Each drawable in the list is drawn in the order of the list—the last drawable in the list is drawn on top and you want it to be squared from outside
Try this will work fine enough:
solid is background color
stroke is border
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid
android:color="#color/white"/>
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#ffaaaaaa" />
<size
android:width="15dp"
android:height="15dp"/>
</shape>
Create a xml file like round_background.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<solid
android:color="#CCCC33"/>
<size
android:width="35dp"
android:height="35dp"/>
</shape>
In the layout set as background
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_wellbeing"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/rounded_corner_leuvan"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
</LinearLayout>
square_border.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="2dp"
android:color="#FF000000"
/>
<solid android:color="#FFC0C0C0" />
</shape>
composite_border.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<layer-list>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/round_border"/>
<!-- <item android:drawable="#drawable/square_border"/> -->
</layer-list>
</shape>
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