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Is there a way to create this on XML ? 2 colors box

Is there a way to create these two boxes with XML only (beside the icon of course)
The tob box has rounded bordered around it and shadow but inside it divided to two parts which one is pink background and one is white background (without stroke between them)

Create 2 XML drawables
rect_colored.xml
<shape android:shape="rectangle"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent"/>
<corners android:bottomRightRadius="5dp"
android:topRightRadius="5dp"/>
</shape>
rect_white.xml
<shape android:shape="rectangle"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<stroke android:color="#color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:width="2dp"/>
<corners android:radius="5dp"/>
</shape>
Position the drawables appropriately
This will work differently with different root views. I'm using ConstraintLayout for simplicity
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:background="#drawable/rect_white"
android:id="#+id/frameLayout"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp">
<!--Content here-->
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="36dp"
android:layout_height="36dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"
android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:background="#drawable/rect_colored"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/frameLayout"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="#+id/frameLayout"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/frameLayout">
<!--Content here-->
</FrameLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
The output

Just use a LayerList with the shapes you need nested. May take a little tweaking, but it is simple enough. You can even add in your bitmaps for the left icon if you like. Just make your layers, and adjust from the sides and handle your corners.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:left="50dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#0000FF" />
<corners android:bottomRightRadius="20dp" android:topRightRadius="20dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="50dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<corners android:bottomLeftRadius="20dp" android:topLeftRadius="20dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Here simply you create a one xml file & drawable file to create shape & border.
MyActivity.Xml
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/ll_mobile_img"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/rr_verification_code"
android:layout_width="120dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0.3">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_verification_code"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/ractangle_mobile_white_border"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="Enter Code"
android:drawableLeft="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:imeOptions="actionGo"
android:inputType="number|textAutoComplete"
android:maxLength="6"
android:paddingBottom="15dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingTop="16dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textColorHint="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="18sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/ll_country_img"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_verification_code_img"
android:layout_width="38dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/globe"
android:textColor="#color/blue_font_color"
android:textSize="20dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Drawable:- ractangle_mobile_white_border.xml
[![<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<layer-list>
<item>
<shape>
<gradient android:angle="360" android:endColor="#android:color/transparent" android:startColor="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#android:color/white" />
<corners android:bottomRightRadius="1dp" android:topRightRadius="1dp"/>
<padding android:bottom="3dp" android:left="0dp" android:right="3dp" android:top="3dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
</item>
</selector>
Hope this helps you.

How to add the slider (left and right) effect using seekbar?

I have a dialog and in this i have 2 button "Yes" and "No". If i slide right then it will treat as pressed "No" and if i slide left it will treated as pressed "Yes" same as like some phone calling screes do for accept and reject calls. I tired this link. Initially my slider is positioned at mid position (android:progress ="50"), and if current progress returns 5 i am considering it pressed "yes" and if it returns 90 i consider pressed "No" and when i try to slide left or right it should produce a sliding effect for better UI as thumb moves. I tired this way but its not a good effect when right/left movement of thumb..
Means i want exactly same as slide to unlock button like this but want to keep the slider in middle so that i can move both side for Yes and No.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#android:id/background">
<shape>
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:startColor="#ff2c10"
android:endColor="#ff2c10" />
<corners android:radius="35dip" />
<size android:height="55dp"
android:width="250dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:id="#android:id/progress">
<clip >
<shape>
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:centerY="0.5"
android:startColor="#295d0b"
android:endColor="#295d0b" />
<corners android:radius="35dip" />
<size android:height="55dp"
android:width="250dp"/>
</shape>
</clip>
</item>
</layer-list>
And my seekbar.xml looks like....
<SeekBar
android:id="#+id/sb"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:progress="50"
android:progressDrawable="#drawable/seek_bar"
android:thumb="#drawable/slide_thumb"
android:splitTrack="false"
android:background="#null"
android:thumbOffset="2dp"
android:paddingLeft="2dp"
android:paddingRight="2dp"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Yes"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_marginTop="22dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="No"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginTop="22dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
but its not giving me the right effect as i wanted, i want same as these below pictures are.. But with "yes" and "No" text.

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"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<SeekBar
android:id="#+id/seekBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="32dp"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="121dp"
android:max="100"
android:paddingLeft="30dp"
android:paddingRight="30dp"
android:progress="50"
android:progressDrawable="#drawable/seekbar_progressbar"
android:thumbTintMode="multiply" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="24dp"
android:background="#drawable/circle_background_no"
android:textColor="#dedede"
android:text="No"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="17dp"
android:layout_marginStart="17dp"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/textView"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="24dp"
android:textColor="#dedede"
android:background="#drawable/circle_background_yes"
android:padding="5dp"
android:paddingRight="7dp"
android:paddingLeft="7dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Yes"
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_marginRight="13dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="13dp"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/seekBar"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/seekBar"
android:layout_alignEnd="#+id/seekBar"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp" />
In drawable
circle_background_yes.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<corners android:radius="10dip"/>
<stroke android:color="#14ba92" android:width="0dip"/>
<solid android:color="#14ba92"/>
</shape>
circle_background_no.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<corners android:radius="10dip"/>
<stroke android:color="#990800" android:width="0dip"/>
<solid android:color="#990800"/>
</shape>
seekbar_progressbar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="5dp"/>
<gradient
android:angle="180"
android:endColor="#14ba92"
android:startColor="#14ba92" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<clip>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="5dp" />
<gradient
android:angle="180"
android:endColor="#990800"
android:startColor="#d14900" />
</shape>
</clip>
</item>
<item>
<clip>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="5dp" />
<gradient
android:angle="180"
android:endColor="#990800"
android:startColor="#d14900" />
</shape>
</clip>
</item>
If you don't like the default thumb, you will have to create your own Drawable, which you can then set the thumb in code with something like:
Drawable thumb = getResources().getDrawable( R.drawable.myThumb );
SeekBar mSeekBar = (SeekBar) findViewById(R.id.mySeekBar);
mSeekbar.setThumb(thumb);
Or you can set the thumb in XML with:
<SeekBar
...
android:thumb="#drawable/seek_thumb" />
The actual Drawable can be an image, shape, or any other kind of Drawable you could possibly desire. If you want the thumb to change appearance when it is pressed, you will want to create a State List Drawable.

how to set border linear layout on top and bottom

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/home"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dip"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:src="#anim/linearsavelocationbackground"
android:weightSum="1" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="30dip"
android:layout_height="30dip"
android:layout_marginTop="15dip"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:src="#drawable/homestatus" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="17dp"
android:layout_weight=".6"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:text="Home"
android:textColor="#3a3838"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/homeimage"
android:layout_width="30dip"
android:layout_height="30dip"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:layout_weight="0.20"
android:src="#drawable/deletingright" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/office"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dip"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:src="#anim/linearsavelocationbackground"
android:weightSum="1" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="30dip"
android:layout_height="30dip"
android:layout_marginTop="15dip"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:src="#drawable/work" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="17dp"
android:layout_weight=".6"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:text="Home"
android:textColor="#3a3838"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/homeimage"
android:layout_width="30dip"
android:layout_height="30dip"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:layout_weight="0.20"
android:src="#drawable/deletingright" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
bacground for border
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="20dp"/>
<padding android:left="10dp" android:right="10dp" android:top="10dp" android:bottom="10dp"/>
<solid android:color="#CCCCCC"/>
</shape>
This is my code i am trying to display border top and bottom on Linarlayout but i am unable to show effect i have to set border top and bottom of home Linear Layout and office linear layout i am tried to set that but effect is not coming please check where am doing mistake.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:bottom="1dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="-2dp"
android:top="1dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#android:color/darker_gray" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<padding
android:bottom="10dp"
android:left="10dp"
android:right="10dp"
android:top="10dp" />
</shape>
</item>
Use the above layout as backgroud border. It will give you a very good effect. change the color and padding if you wish. Add this as xml in your drawable folder and make this drawable as background for the layout.
Hope this helps.

This can be done using an LayerList
Create a drawable name border_top_bottom.xml
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/your_border_color" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:top="1dp"
android:bottom="1dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/your_fill_color" />
</shape>
</item>
On LinearLayout background property use
andorid:background:"#drawable/border_top_bottom.xml"

Add a xml in your drawable with the following code & then assign this xml as your linear layout background
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#FF000000" />
<solid android:color="#FFDDDDDD" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="1dp" android:bottom="1dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#000" />
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

I think Your problem is not Your shape, it is how You referred it inside the layout:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/home"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dip"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:src="#anim/linearsavelocationbackground"
android:weightSum="1" >
You had set the reference to the anim folder, but it has to be in the drawable folder. If Your shape is inside the anim folder, put it into drawable folder and correct Your LinearLayouts src attribute:
android:src="#drawable/linearsavelocationbackground"
And then if this is not what you want, create a shape with the examples from krunal and EagleEye.

#Edge Please use this code
Let's say name of the xml file linearbg.xml and put it in drawable folder under resources.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#EEEEEE" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- This is the line -->
<item
android:top="1dp"
android:bottom="1dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Now use this linearbg.xml as background in your linear layout as
android:background="#drawable/linearbg".

How to create a xml drawable like this

I need to create a drawable with a 3dp height line/rectangle on top, a black rectangle with 70% opacity and 2dp height line/rectangle on the bottom. How can I do this?
Here is the code I'm using:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:top="0dp" android:left="0dp" android:right="0dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<size android:height="3dp"></size>
<solid android:color="#C81F25"></solid>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#99000000"></solid>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
PS: Ignore the gray gradient around the image, it's from Android Studio preview.

Case 1: Rectangle inside another rectangle.
Case 2: 3 Rectangles of which 2 are transparent which have negative paddings and strokes. On eclipse previews the case 2 shows wrong but it is correct and works when deployed.
case 1:
actionbarbg.xml in your drawable folder:
<?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="#F00" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="3dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="0dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#9000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
case 2: (sort of a hack)
<?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="#9000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:top="-2dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="-2dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#C81F25" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="-3dp"
android:right="-3dp"
android:bottom="-3dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:width="3dp"
android:color="#C81F25" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Is it possible to build the layout without drawables using linearlayouts. I dont know which one of the two cases below you ment:
On the top layout there is a black alphamask with top and bottom margins of 2dp/3dp nested inside a red layout.
On the bottom layout there is a rectangle of 3dp height on top of a black alphamask and a rectangle of 2dp height below the alpha mask.
`
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="2dp"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:background="#9000" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>`
OR
`
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="3dp"
android:background="#C81F25" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#9000" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="2dp"
android:background="#C81F25" >
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>`

how to add bottom border in relativelayout

<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" android:background="#drawable/settings_border" android:padding="1dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dip" android:layout_marginRight="15dip" android:layout_marginTop="5dip">
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/map_refresh"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/settings_selector_up"
android:padding="15dp">
<TextView android:id="#+id/Text1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Map refresh period">
</TextView>
<TextView android:id="#+id/TextView09"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="1 min"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:paddingRight="5dp">
</TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/own_location"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:padding="15dp"
android:background="#drawable/settings_selector_mid">
<TextView android:id="#+id/Text1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Own location update period">
</TextView>
<TextView android:id="#+id/TextView09"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="1 min"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:paddingRight="5dp">
</TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
I want set only bottom border in relativelayout. I want to dispaly listview style but not using listview. Lets say each listitem is relativlayout. I want set only bottom border so its look like a listview's divider.

I hope I understood what you said.
in the res folder create a new folder (if you don't already have it) named drawable
there create an xml named "borders.xml"
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true"><shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
<gradient android:angle="90" android:centerColor="#6da23f" android:endColor="#8bc45d" android:startColor="#2f481c" />
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#999999" />
<padding android:bottom="4dp" android:left="3dp" android:right="3dp" android:top="6dp" />
<corners android:radius="10px"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
<gradient android:angle="90" android:centerColor="#6da23f" android:endColor="#8bc45d" android:startColor="#4c8a39" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<padding android:bottom="4dp" android:left="3dp" android:right="3dp" android:top="6dp" />
<corners android:radius="10px"/>
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
You can further edit it as you like.
Then select the layout from the Outline and click Background properties, and select the borders xml that you created.
This will create borders for all 4. Alternatively, you can add a simple
<View android:layout_width="1dip"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#FFFFFF" />
line and add it to the bottom of your layout and change the color/size to your liking.

For some reason the other solutions didn't work for me - all borders were shown no matter how I changed it. This worked:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#color/gray" />
<solid android:color="#color/gray" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="1dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#color/white" />
<solid android:color="#color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
The color of the border is gray and the background is white for the container (LinearLayout in my example). You can simply change the second item to make the border thicker or have border on the top/left/right.
This is how the layout xml looks like:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/searchWrapper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/bottom_gray_border"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/searchEditText"
style="#style/EditTextSearch"
android:hint="#string/find"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
I got the idea from here: Is there an easy way to add a border to the top and bottom of an Android View?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke
android:width="1dip"
android:color="#FF8000" />
<solid
android:color="#00FFFFFF"
android:paddingLeft="10dip"
android:paddingTop="10dip"/>
<corners android:radius="10px"/>
<padding
android:left="10dip"
android:top="10dip"
android:right="10dip"
android:bottom="10dip" />
</shape>
You can save this as borderframe.xml in the res/drawable folder (create it if it doesnt exist yet), and reference it like so: android:background="#drawable/borderframe".

A simple way to display a border is to create a horizontal LinearLayout, and to set its background color and height according to the border you want.