Am trying to achieve this without using image as background, wanted to be done in xlm drawable
Use this
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="-200dp"
android:right="-200dp"
android:top="-340dp">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/dark_orange" />
</shape>
</item>
Change left-right margin as per your requirements. That will change curve.
It will draw a bottom underline and i want to simply achieve below xml code by using gradientdrawable, I am trying to have custom edit text class which used in xml and set some property like bottom line color or others.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:left="-6dp"
android:right="-6dp"
android:top="-6dp">
<shape>
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
First create gradient file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<gradient android:angle="180" android:startColor="#7c0000" android:endColor="#ff9a9a"/>
</shape>
and than add it here :
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/white"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/gradient" android:gravity="bottom" android:height="2dp"/>
</layer-list>
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/
Here when i pressed on these left and right arrow button at that time I want to see these type of effects on button. These same thing happens in Iphone/IOS by default.
Can i make this type of effect?
Here i mentioned the pic what exactly i want.
Here i used this xml files but didnt got success.
button_pressed.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true"><shape>
<gradient android:angle="180" android:centerColor="#657377" android:endColor="#AFFFFFFF" android:startColor="#FFFFFFFF" android:type="linear"/>
<corners android:radius="10dp" />
</shape></item>
</selector>
EDIT
I used android:background="#drawable/button_pressed.xml" line but i did not got which i want Exactly.
Tried :
I used this xml file as per Piyush's Answer but i didnt get success and i am getting this effect.
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape
android:innerRadiusRatio="4"
android:shape="ring"
android:thicknessRatio="9"
android:useLevel="false" >
<gradient
android:endColor="#00000000"
android:gradientRadius="250"
android:startColor="#ffffffff"
android:type="radial" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
I agreed top and bottom part cuts because i have limited space in layout for this button. that we will think later but why its not taking effect like shadow and alpha and all that same like which i mentioned?
OUTPUT :
Please help me If any body has idea about this.
Thanks in Advance.
The shape has to be radially drawn with fading from white to black outwards.
Try this:
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<gradient
android:startColor="#ffffffff"
android:endColor="#00000000"
android:gradientRadius="100"
android:type="radial"/>
</shape>
Also, you cannot directly set this as a background to your button. You will have to create a selector drawable file in which you specify different backgrounds based on the state of the button. In this case, you need this background to be set only when button is pressed. The selector will look something like this:
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/button_pressed"/>
<item android:state_selected="true" android:drawable="#drawable/button_pressed"/>
<item android:state_focussed="true" android:drawable="#drawable/button_pressed"/>
<item android:drawable="#android:color/transparent" />
</selector>
PS: It is not recommended to replicate iOS design when designing an Android app. For Android design guidelines, please refer: http://developer.android.com/design/building-blocks/buttons.html
can try this regarding for circular shape, can set your colors accordingly.
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape
android:shape="ring"
android:useLevel="false" >
<gradient
android:endColor="#00000000"
android:gradientRadius="200"
android:startColor="#ffffffff"
android:type="radial" />
</shape>
</item>
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