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Drawable using Stroke only on the rightside of the solid

How would I use a stroke on only the right side of my drawable WITHOUT using insets?
<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">
<size
android:width="20dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/colorWhite" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/colorPink">
</stroke>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Edit: Cannot use negative insets because of overlap issue

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="2dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
or use padding:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
<padding android:right="1dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
or:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#ffffff"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:gravity="right">
<shape>
<size android:width="1dp"/>
<solid android:color="#ff0000"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
or:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:bottom="-2dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:top="-2dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

You can achieve that by drawing a pink layer and then, drawing a white layer 1dp distant from the right border:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Pink layer -->
<item android:width="20dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/colorWhite" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- white layer. It'll cover the pink layer except the last dp -->
<item android:right="1dp" android:width="19dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/colorWhite" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Maybe, you can adjust

Edit Box with small tip at both ends

I am looking to design an edit box to look as following - as small tip at both ends
Any help would be really appreciated!.
Thanks,

Use below drawable xml in your textview or editText background:-
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#FF500778" />
<solid android:color="#FFFFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="10dp"
android:left="-2dp"
android:right="-2dp"
android:top="-2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#FFFFFFFF" />
<solid android:color="#FFFFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

Create a drawable file like below and set it as background for your edit text
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">
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#android:color/darker_gray" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="10dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#android:color/white" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Result:

make a xml file in your drawable folder with this codes
<?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="#de0b0b" />
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="5dp"
android:top="0dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="10dp"
android:color="#ffffff" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
for usage, use
android:background="#drawable/name"
to your textView or EditText
I hope this could help you

How to draw a circular stroke inside a circle?

I'm trying to achieve this effect, but I can't make the white circular stroke inside the circle. In my implementation, the white stroke appears outside the circle
<?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">
<corners android:radius="10dip" />
<stroke
android:width="5dip"
android:color="#ffffff" />
<solid android:color="#f50000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Expected output:-

I accomplished this using a <layer-list> and an <inset> oval shape:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#f50000"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<inset
android:insetTop="5dp"
android:insetLeft="5dp"
android:insetRight="5dp"
android:insetBottom="5dp">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:color="#fff"
android:width="5dp"/>
</shape>
</inset>
</item>
</layer-list>
You can control the inset amount and the stroke width by changing the values in the second item

here you go. Just modify a little your file to have two items and add a padding on the second.
I hope it helps:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#f50000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#ffffff" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

You need an xml like this (optimized):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#007" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape
android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#f00" />
<size
android:width="25dp"
android:height="25dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
or xml like this (not optimized):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#007" />
<size
android:width="25dp"
android:height="25dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="8dp"
android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<solid android:color="#f00" />
<size
android:width="45dp"
android:height="45dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="10dp"
android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<solid android:color="#007" />
<size
android:width="10dp"
android:height="10dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
for this result:

how to set image in proper position in layers in layer-list?

I am trying to set image in center of circle like this
(trying it on android 4.1.2)
but when I run the app it shows image like this
but when i am writing code in xml it shows right image like
Here is the xml code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:right="-1dp"
android:left="-1dp"
android:bottom="-1dp">
<shape>
<solid android:color="#50000000" />
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:height="20dp" android:width="20dp">
<shape>
<corners android:radius="50dp" />
<stroke android:color="#color/white"
android:width="1dp"/>
<solid android:color="#50000000"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:width="8dp"
android:height="8dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:drawable="#drawable/news">
</item>
</layer-list>

You can try this,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#50000000"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/colorAccent"/>
<solid android:color="#50000000"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="5dp"
android:drawable="#drawable/news"
android:gravity="center"
android:left="5dp"
android:right="5dp"
android:top="5dp">
</item>
</layer-list>

Android Shape - Square with Circle and Different Top Color

I am trying to create a shape drawable like below.
where only the top left section is in different color ( here white ). Thought placing a rectangle with smaller size would let me achieve this but I was wrong. Am I even going in the right direction?
Here's my drawable.xml 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:width="15dp" android:height="15dp"/>
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#android:color/black" />
</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">
<size android:width="60dp" android:height="60dp"/>
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="40dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="30dp" android:height="30dp"/>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:top="30dp" android:bottom="0dip">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size android:width="10dp" android:height="10dp"/>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="oval">
<stroke android:color="#android:color/black" android:width="1dp"/>
<size android:width="60dp" android:height="60dp"/>
<solid android:color="#ff0000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>