This is my first time am creating apps in eclipse. I have a TextView, I need to style it with borders. Something like we do in CSS border, but how will I do it in eclipse. I was searching on the Internet but can't really get to their point it was so confusing.
Here's the TextView code I want to style border too
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
android:clickable="false"
android:linksClickable="false"
android:text="Send Vmail to:"
tools:ignore="HardCodedText"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
Create an XML file like below in res/drawable. If there is no "drawable" folder, then create one.
Name the file a text_view_border.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="YOUR COLOR RESOURCE" />
</shape>
Then, in your layout files, to whichever textviews you want to give border style, apply that XML file as background
e.g
<TextView
android:background="#drawable/text_view_border" />
This will do it.
It's Very simple u can give border to any Layout or view directly eg: Linear layout or TextView ..etc
set attribute android:drawable="#drawable/myborder"
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
android:clickable="false"
android:linksClickable="false"
android:text="Send Vmail to:"
tools:ignore="HardCodedText"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:background="#drawable/myborder" />
then create myborder.xml as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<!-- this one is ths color of the Border -->
<stroke android:width="3px" android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
put this file in res/drawable folder if not then create a drawable folder, and u are ready, to change color and width of border u can change it in xml: color="#color/mycolor" and width ="Npx" or ur choice. N=1,2,3...
in drwawable create a folder name as border_text.xml
Refer this in textview with background as this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#BDBDBD"/>
</shape>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:background="#drawable/border_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"/>
Create a xml in drawable :
border_bg.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="270"
android:endColor="#00FF00"
android:startColor="#FFFFFF" />
<corners android:radius="3dp" />
<stroke
android:width="5px"
android:color="#000000" />
</shape>
Use this xml as background in your TextView.
android:background="#drawable/border_bg"
You can also change color (using color code) and width of border.
Thank you.
Related
I want to put a large text over a round image with background image.
Like this:
Try this:
Create a xml file in drawable folder: circular_bg.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#B72854" />
<padding
android:bottom="5dp"
android:left="5dp"
android:right="5dp"
android:top="5dp" />
<size
android:width="15dp"
android:height="15dp" />
</shape>
Then add this line in your TextView background:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="FB"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:background="#drawable/circular_bg"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"/>
It will help you. :)
Best way to used Button and set background drawable look.
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#android:color/holo_red_dark" />
</shape>
After set this drawable button background and set text.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:background="#drawable/button_background"
android:text="FB"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="35sp" />
</LinearLayout>
You can do it in two ways,
if you are actually using a graphic image, use a relative layout and place the image view and textview as a child of it. And make sure you keep the textview with the centerInParent parameter.
if you do not need a graphic asset, you can create a custom drawable, and set that as a background to your textview.
The custom drawable can be something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<corners android:radius="28dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/THEME_GREEN_DARK" />
</shape>
and then you can just add it as a background to your textview. also, change your radius as per the size of circle you need!
There are so many libs to do that
add this to build.gradle
repositories{
maven {
url 'http://dl.bintray.com/amulyakhare/maven'
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.amulyakhare:com.amulyakhare.textdrawable:1.0.1'
}
<ImageView android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:id="#+id/image_view"/>
Note: Specify width/height for the ImageView and the drawable will auto-scale to fit the size.
TextDrawable drawable = TextDrawable.builder()
.buildRect("FB", Color.RED);
ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image_view);
image.setImageDrawable(drawable);
Hope this helps. Thanks
circular_drawable.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid
android:color="#ff1e8f" />
<size
android:width="120dp"
android:height="120dp" />
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="65dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="65dp"
android:topLeftRadius="65dp"
android:topRightRadius="65dp" />
</shape>
layout.xml
<TextView
android:layout_width="120dp"
android:layout_height="120dp"
android:background="#drawable/circular_drawable"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:text="FB"
android:textSize="26sp"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
I am trying to create rounded borders around two of the EditTexts in my one of my layouts. For this I have created a xml rounded_pass.xml and assigned it as a background to LinearLayout containing both the EditText fields. But I also want to have a seperator between EditViews.
rounded_pass.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:topLeftRadius="5dip"
android:topRightRadius="5dip"
android:bottomLeftRadius="5dip"
android:bottomRightRadius="5dip"
/>
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
LoginActivity.xml:
.......
.......
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView"
android:background="#drawable/rounded_pass"
>
<EditText
android:layout_width="215dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editText"
/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="215dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:ems="10"
android:id="#+id/editText2"
/>
</LinearLayout>
.......
.......
The Effect I want to have is:
Desired Effect
Right Now:
Error Image
Create single xml rounded_border.xml and apply it to the root layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:topLeftRadius="5dip"
android:topRightRadius="5dip"
android:bottomLeftRadius="5dip"
android:bottomRightRadius="5dip"
/>
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#1caadf" />
<!--<gradient android:angle="-90" android:startColor="#ffffff" android:endColor="#ffffff" />-->
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
You can try this
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/rounded_uname"
android:orientation="vertical">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent" />
<View
android:id="#+id/v1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:background="#1caadf"></View>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textPassword" />
</LinearLayout>
Instead of giving borders to both Email and password, give border to its parent view. i.e RelativeLayout, LinearLayout or any layout
<LinearLayout background="#drawable/round_corner_drawable">
//your both edittexts
</LinearLayout>
Add View having height of 1dp in between both your EditText, so that line will be drawn which will look like a border only
There is minor changes in your shape xml file.
You have set same corner value for both file.
There should be corner value 5 bottomLeft & bottomRight for password filed.
here is perfect code. please run in device and check it.
rounded_uname.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="0dip"
android:bottomRightRadius="0dip"
android:topLeftRadius="5dip"
android:topRightRadius="5dip"
/>
<stroke
android:width="1dip"
android:color="#1caadf" />
</shape>
rounded_pass.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="5dip"
android:bottomRightRadius="5dip"
android:topLeftRadius="0dip"
android:topRightRadius="0dip"
/>
<stroke
android:width="1dip"
android:color="#1caadf" />
</shape>
I am trying to get a TextView with white background and rounded corners and text in the middle.
Something that looks like this:
So far I have this but it is not giving me the above effect.
<TextView
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="0" />
First of all, I would create a custom drawable resource for easy implementation of rounded corners.
(place this in res/drawable)
my_bg.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid
android:color="ffffff" />
<corners
android:radius="15dp"/>
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#android:color/black" />
</shape>
More info on xml drawable resources can be found right here if you want to get into more advanced drawables (gradients, layer-list, animation, etc...)
Then change your TextView in xml layout file to match this:
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="8dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
<!--refer to your custom drawable from earlier-->
android:background="#drawable/my_bg"
<!--center text within TextView-->
android:gravity="center"
android:text="0" />
I hope this helps, Happy Coding!
Set the gravity
android:gravity="center"
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:gravity
You are missing the width and height attribute for TextView.
For the rounded corners use a Shape Drawable
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#Shape
Under res/drawable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle"
>
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF"/>
<corners android:radius="7dp" />
<stroke android:width="5px" />
</shape>
Then
<TextView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="0"
android:textColor="#000000" />
Snap
i need to change android:color in XML file in run-time
i use it for an image button source
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="#dimen/large_brush"
android:layout_height="#dimen/large_brush"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:contentDescription="#string/paint"
android:src="#drawable/paint"/>
my XML paint file looks like this
<?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" >
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#android:color/holo_purple" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#android:color/holo_purple"
android:endColor="#android:color/holo_purple" />
<corners android:radius="10dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
i tried DOM parser but after getting to gradient it shows that there are no more nodes
Try like this way. Hope it should helpful for you. Thanks
Create a new xml file and put it in drawable and then add it to button as background
gradient.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<!-- Gradient Bg for listrow -->
<gradient
android:startColor="#f1f1f2"
android:centerColor="#e7e7e8"
android:endColor="#cfcfcf"
android:angle="270" />
</shape>
layout.xml
<Button
android:id="#+id/Button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/gradient"
android:text="Button Text" >
You have the background set to transparent, the button will never have a background. Set it to you XML drawabale resource instead.
I have a TextView defined in XML and i would like to set background color AND border to it.
Problem i have is that in XML i already use android:background for setting border resource, so i can't use it once again for background color.
Can someone please guide me to right direction?
Border.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#7F000000"/>
</shape>
TextView
<TextView
android:id="#+id/editor_title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#drawable/title_border"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="#string/editor_title"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
You should create a XML drawable for this, which can then be set as your single background. Here is what you are wanting (a rectangle with a different color border - replace gradient with if you don't want that).
This will go in your 'drawable' folder:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="3dp" android:color="#color/blue_button_border" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#color/gradient_end"
android:endColor="#color/gradient_start"
android:angle="-90" />
</shape>
Via Java:
TextView c1 = new TextView(activity);
c1.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.solid_red));
c1.setText("My Text");
TextView test = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.textView2);
test.setBackgroundResource(R.color.holo_green_light);
Via XML:
<TextView
android:text="2"
android:textSize="200sp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:style="#style/textviewStyle"
android:background="#android:color/holo_green_light"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#EEEEEE"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
This is the API page about this topic: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/accessing-resources.html#ResourcesFromXml