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Give custom border to TextView

How can I give the custom border to TextView where:
1) left and right border is 2 dp and with the different color with little opacity
2) top and bottom border is 1 dp
3) The text of TextView should be visible. right now What I have created is not showing the text of textview
<?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:bottom="1dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="15dp"
android:top="1dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#FFDDDDDD" />
<solid android:color="#00000000" />
</shape>
</item>

use alpha color according to your recruitment
<?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="#080808" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#76d63f" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#d63f60" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#3fa9d6" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

<?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="#76d273" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#76d63f" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#d63f60" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
add this code in your drawable(test_drawable) file and set to textview
android:background="#drawable/test_drawable"

Check my code I have integrated the same.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
//for top and bottom borders
<item
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="-2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#fff70b" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
//for left and right border
<item
android:bottom="-2dp"
android:top="-2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#e90c0c" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Please note that opacity should be defined when creating your color only. While writing your color in colors.xml, you can change opacity like shown in below screenshot. Either change the 255 to your chosen opacity or use the bottom bar.
Also, you need to define the solid tag for each border and apply transparent color in order to make your TextView visible.
After applying the code in drawable, you will be able to see some preview like this :
Good Luck..!!

Border Stroke with gradient colours and rounded corners [duplicate]

I want to create a border for a linearLayout. So I decide to create a shape. I want the border to have a gradient. The following is not doing it. It fills the rectangle and then creates a stroke. I don't want a filled rectangle, just the stroke. And I want to apply the gradient to the stroke.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ff207d94" />
</shape>

try something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ff207d94" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#fff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

since the accepted answer didn't work exactly as i wanted it to work for me, i'll post my solution too, maybe it helps someone else :)
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<!-- create gradient you want to use with the angle you want to use -->
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:centerColor="#android:color/holo_blue_bright"
android:endColor="#android:color/holo_red_light"
android:startColor="#android:color/holo_green_light" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- create the stroke for top, left, bottom and right with the dp you want -->
<item
android:bottom="2dp"
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<!-- fill the inside in the color you want (could also be a gradient again if you want to, just change solid to gradient and enter angle, start, maybe center, and end color) -->
<solid android:color="#fff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This will create a layout with top border of 2dp.
just set it as a background to your layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<gradient
android:startColor="#4fc949"
android:centerColor="#0c87c5"
android:endColor="#b4ec51"
android:angle="180" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/background_color"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This would be the appropriate solution to what you wanna do. It includes gradient in stroke as well as a gradient in fill colour.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape >
<gradient
android:startColor="#2196F3"
android:endColor="#673AB7"
android:angle="270" />
<stroke
android:width="0dp"
android:color="#color/transparentColor" />
<corners
android:radius="8dp" />
<padding
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="0dp">
<shape>
<gradient
android:startColor="#FBB100"
android:endColor="#FF9900"
android:angle="270"/>
<corners
android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

This extra source should fix your problem
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<gradient
android:angle="360"
android:centerColor="#e95a22"
android:endColor="#ff00b5"
android:gradientRadius="360"
android:startColor="#006386"
android:type="sweep" />
<size android:height="170dp"
android:width="170dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="2dp" android:bottom="2dp" android:right="2dp" android:left="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="140dp"
android:height="140dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent"/>
<solid android:color="#color/white"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

How to create EditText background %100 transparent with bottom line

I need to create Edittext drawable background with %100 percent transparent and has only colored bottom line 2dp. Is there any way to make this component.
The bellow code with constant background. I need transparent background.
<?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/colorPrimary2" />
<padding android:bottom="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/background" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Here you go:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" /> <!--background color -->
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:top="-3dp"
android:right="-3dp"
android:left="-3dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#000" />
<!-- color and size of the border -->
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

There is color for a transparency in android. Try this.
<?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="#FFffffff" />
<padding android:bottom="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/background" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Shadow-like drawable, using "layer-list"

Background
I'm trying to make a (fake) shadow below a view, so that the layers would be vertical in this manner:
a line of color "#43000000" with a height of "1dp"
below the line, a gradient that starts from the top with color "#1A000000" and ends with color "#00000000", and is of a height of "8dp".
The problem
For some reason, I can't draw the line correctly.
No matter what I do, the line for some reason takes the whole space, while the gradient seems fine.
What I tried
I tried using "line" as the shape and also "rectangle". I also tried using "stroke" instead of "solid", tried adding padding and margins...
Here's the XML of the drawable file:
<?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:height="1dp" />
<solid android:color="#43000000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="1dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="270"
android:endColor="#00000000"
android:startColor="#1A000000" />
<size android:height="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Again, this is not the only thing I've tried. It's just my first attempt.
The question
How can I fix this XML ? what is causing it to happen?

Here's what I've found to be working:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:bottom="8dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<size android:height="1dp" />
<solid android:color="#43000000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="1dp">
<shape
android:dither="true"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<gradient
android:angle="270"
android:endColor="#00000000"
android:startColor="#10000000" />
<size android:height="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Tried with this,may it fulfill your need with gradient
<?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="#e040fb"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#E1BEE7"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
<gradient
android:angle="270"
android:endColor="#e1bee7"
android:startColor="#e040fb" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

You can change the heights in this and get what you want
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:height="10dp"
android:gravity="bottom">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/shadow_color" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="20dp" android:left="20dp" android:bottom="12dp"
android:top="10dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/border_color"/>
<corners android:radius="20dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="30dp" android:left="30dp" android:bottom="23dp"
android:top="20dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/base_color"/>
<corners android:radius="15dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Android translucent background with shadow

I'm trying to create a background drawable resource in XML that is translucent, but with a solid shadow.
This is what I have so far:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<padding
android:top="-2dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp"
/>
<gradient
android:startColor="#android:color/transparent"
android:centerColor="#33333333"
android:endColor="#aa666666"
android:angle="90"/>
</shape>
</item>
<!-- Background -->
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#99000000" />
<corners android:radius="3dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
I'm using a gradient shape as the background, which unfortunately obscures the translucency of the background shape. I only want to draw the gradient 2px to the right and bottom of the background shape, is that possible?

Try this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:right ="2dp"
android:bottom ="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<padding
android:left="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
/>
<corners android:radius="3dp" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#android:color/transparent"
android:centerColor="#33333333"
android:endColor="#aa666666"
android:angle="90"/>
</shape>
</item>
<!-- Background -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#99000000" />
<corners android:radius="3dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>