How to add border around linear layout except at the bottom ?
LinearLayout needs to have border at left, top and right side but not at the bottom.
Create an XML file named border.xml in the drawable folder and put the following code in it.
<?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="#FF0000" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:left="5dp" android:right="5dp" android:top="5dp" >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#000000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Then add a background to your linear layout like this:
android:background="#drawable/border"
EDIT :
This XML was tested with a galaxy s running GingerBread 2.3.3 and ran perfectly as shown in image below:
ALSO
tested with galaxy s 3 running JellyBean 4.1.2 and ran perfectly as shown in image below :
Finally its works perfectly with all APIs
EDIT 2 :
It can also be done using a stroke to keep the background as transparent while still keeping a border except at the bottom with the following code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:left="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:top="0dp"
android:bottom="-10dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="10dp" android:color="#B22222" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
hope this help .
Save this xml and add as a background for the linear layout....
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF00FF00" />
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp"
android:right="7dp" android:bottom="0dp" />
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
</shape>
Hope this helps! :)
Kenny is right, just want to clear some things out.
Create the file border.xml and put it in the folder res/drawable/
add the code
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF00FF00" />
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp"
android:right="7dp" android:bottom="0dp" />
<corners android:radius="4dp" />
</shape>
set back ground like android:background="#drawable/border" wherever you want the border
Mine first didn't work cause i put the border.xml in the wrong folder!
Here is a Github link to a lightweight and very easy to integrate library that enables you to play with borders as you want for any widget you want, simply based on a FrameLayout widget.
Here is a quick sample code for you to see how easy it is, but you will find more information on the link.
<com.khandelwal.library.view.BorderFrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:leftBorderColor="#00F0F0"
app:leftBorderWidth="10dp"
app:topBorderColor="#F0F000"
app:topBorderWidth="15dp"
app:rightBorderColor="#F000F0"
app:rightBorderWidth="20dp"
app:bottomBorderColor="#000000"
app:bottomBorderWidth="25dp" >
</com.khandelwal.library.view.BorderFrameLayout>
So, if you don't want borders on bottom, delete the two lines about bottom in this custom widget, and that's done.
And no, I'm neither the author of this library nor one of his friend ;-)
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According to my app ui requirement it's need plain side on top of cardview so, it need to remove shadow from upper side and touch to another view.
I tried
card_view:cardElevation="0dp"
but it removed shadow from all side, so it's not useful to me.
I tried by negative margin (-5dp) applied to CardView and image view one by one but all time CardView is come over the image not under the image so,it doesn't worked for me.
App ui requirement is like this
Can any one give suggestions of do help to solve this?
I come out from this problem by creating the custom background look like card view but without top shadow.
Create one XML file in drawable folder and put this code inside and set it in background.
android:background="#drawable/custom_cardview_no_top_shadow"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<padding android:top="0dp" android:right="10dp" android:bottom="5dp" android:left="10dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape>
<padding android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="0dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/card_shadow_1" />
<corners android:radius="0dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape>
<padding android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="0dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/card_shadow_2" />
<corners android:radius="0dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- Background -->
<item>
<shape >
<solid android:color="#color/card_background" />
<corners android:radius="0dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Here is the color for the Card view
<!-- card colors -->
<color name="card_background">#ffffff</color>
<color name="card_shadow_1">#d4d4d4</color>
<color name="card_shadow_2">#dddddd</color>
<color name="transparent">#00000000</color>
You can achieve this kind of effect by creating another view that is higher than cardview in z axis. After that you need to set its outlineProvider property to none to disable shadow effect and place it to the desired edge of CardView.
<RelativeLayout>
<CardView/>
<View
..
android:outlineProvider="none"
android:translationZ="12dp"
android:background="#color/cardViewBackgroundColor>
</View>
</RelativeLayout>
I googled a lot and spent many hours trying to figure out how to create custom Android UI widgets (in code and xml). But there are some limitations I don't know how to bypass. Therefore I mocked up an imaginary button and would like to know how to implement it.
This would help me a lot and I'm sure that I'm not the only one that has problems creating custom Android widgets.
About the multi-colored background, I was successful at these using shape drawables.
For example to define a grey solid zone, then a gradient transitioning to black, and a black solid zone:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="10px" />
<solid android:color="#FF444444"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="45dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<gradient
android:angle="0"
android:centerX="15%"
android:startColor="#FF444444"
android:centerColor="#FF000000"
android:endColor="#FF000000"
android:type="linear"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="10px" />
<stroke
android:width="2px"
android:color="#FF444444" />
<solid android:color="#00000000"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
The cool thing here is the layered shapes (items). It should allow you to define a yellow triangle, a red triangle, and a green rectangle.
The above layout renders into the following:
(the icons and text not being rendered by the above layout)
If you choose to create a custom widget I recommend to check out a most similar standard widget from the android sources and modify them
Create a shape for background:
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/GREEN"/>
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#color/GREEN"/>
</shape>
Then Create a shape with layer-list that show your image:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/GREEN"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="15dp"
android:top="15dp"
android:right="15dp"
android:bottom="15dp"
android:drawable="#drawable/ic_image" />
</layer-list>
Finally, you can use above shapes in a button:
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnFavorite"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
android:layout_below="#id/btnWorkout"
android:background="#drawable/selector_main_button"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/shape_favorite"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/favorite"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_7"
android:textColor="#color/ORANGE"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:onClick="onClick"/>
Even, it should mentioned that you can use first shape as a selector.
I want to make a drawable for my Android button, defined as drawable. I found I could set all the borders by using a rectangle, but I got kinda stuck when I wanted it on three sides. I want for example have either the top or the bottom open.
Could anyone show me how to do this?
Try doing this, though I saw it on some other post
<?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="#FFFFFF" />
<padding
//android:bottom="10dp" Remove this to avoid seeing the bottom border
android:left="10dp"
android:right="10dp"
//android:top="10dp" Remove this to avoid seeing the top border
/>
<corners android:radius="5dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<padding
android:bottom="5dp"
android:left="5dp"
android:right="5dp"
android:top="5dp" />
<solid android:color="#666666" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10133434/1244489
If anyone is running into issues regarding padding taking effect in the accepted answer, try taking a look at: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11006931. That solution uses position attributes on the tags to achieve the same effect.
I was having trouble using the accepted answer here while creating drawables for use in an ActionBar, and the linked approach worked for me.
This might help you.
I The border on Three sides of the XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:left="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:top="0dp" android:bottom="-5dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<corners android:radius="0dp" />
<stroke android:width="3dp" android:color="#000000" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
In My android xml layout i am applying the border by using the borderframe.xml as a background.
borderframe.xml file is looks like below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke
android:width="1dip"
android:color="#ffffff"/>
<solid
android:color="#95865F"/>
<corners
android:radius="10px"/>
<padding
android:left="1dp"
android:right="1dp"
android:top="1dp"
android:bottom="1dp"/>
</shape>
Now, While there is a android:radius="10px" then it is works but while i am going to give round shape to specific corner only then it not works.
There is no any erro message in log cat but i found error in eclipse like:
The graphics preview in the layout editor may not be accurate:
* Different corner sizes are not supported in Path.addRoundRect.
Even if there is no padding in that xml file then also i am not able to see any border.
Now, what should i have to do for it ?
and whats the sollution of it if i want to create the rounded border for only topLeftcorner and bottomLeftCorner. ?
Thanks.
I am also facing the same problem. But for that I use layer-list. I post my answer here which may help you. Please check output screen
<?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="#c1c1c1" />
<solid android:color="#c1c1c1" />
<corners android:radius="20dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="20dp"
>
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#c1c1c1" />
<solid android:color="#c1c1c1" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
You'll have to do that, assuming you only want a rounded top left corner:
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<corners
android:radius="20sp"
android:topRightRadius="0dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="0dp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="0dp" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#color/logo_blue"
android:endColor="#color/blue"
android:angle="0"/>
</shape>
Explanation: Every corner must (initially) be provided a corner radius greater than 1, or else no corners are rounded. If you want specific corners to not be rounded, a work-around is to use android:radius to set a default corner radius greater than 1, but then override each and every corner with the values you really want, providing zero ("0dp") where you don't want rounded corners. [source]
As a consequence, you need to define your drawable as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<stroke
android:width="1dip"
android:color="#ffffff"/>
<solid
android:color="#95865F"/>
<corners
android:radius="10px"
android:topRightRadius="0dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="0dp" />
<padding
android:left="1dp"
android:right="1dp"
android:top="1dp"
android:bottom="1dp"/>
</shape>
Update
From The Shape Drawable Resource Android Documentation:
android:radius
Dimension. The radius for all corners, as a dimension
value or dimension resource. This is overridden for each corner by the
following attributes.
overridden is the keyword for your problem…
I'm using SDK tools 19, platform-tools 11 and running the app in Android 4.0.3. Using the following XML works for me:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#dd000000"/>
<padding
android:left="7dp"
android:top="7dp"
android:right="7dp"
android:bottom="7dp" />
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="25dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="25dp"
android:topLeftRadius="0dp"
android:topRightRadius="0dp" />
</shape>
The Eclipse warning is about not being able to show the preview. In het app it shows up correct.
I got the solution on one of the forums. I solved it by commenting each corner & adding to the xml in drawable. I have retained commented code below only for understanding.
XML Code-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#fd2149" />
<stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#ffd102"/>
<!-- <corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="8dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="8dp"
android:topLeftRadius="8dp"
android:topRightRadius="8dp" />
-->
<corners android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>
---Edited-
The above code is my back.xml in drawable folder and if required you can add padding to the same back.xml. For those who are new developers, the back.xml is referenced from your layout file as follows
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/tableLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/back">
Hope this helps.
I am trying to set padding in a <shape> declared within an XML file/layout. But whatever I set, nothing changes related to padding. If I modify any other properties, I see the effects on the UI. But it doesn't work with padding. Could you please advise on the possible reasons for which this might occur?
Here is the XML Shape I am trying to style:
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp"
android:color="#ffffff"
android:dashWidth="2dp"/>
<solid android:color="#color/button_white_cover"/>
<corners android:radius="11dp"/>
<padding android:left="1dp"
android:top="20dp"
android:right="20dp"
android:bottom="2dp"/>
</shape>
I have finally resolved my problem with padding.
So padding here will have no effect on the shape. Instead of this, you will have to apply padding in other drawable that will use it. So, I have a drawable that uses the shape and there I do following:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/shape_below"/>
<item android:top="10px" android:right="10px" android:drawable="#drawable/shape_cover"/>
</layer-list>
So, as you can see in the second <item>-element I set padding (top and right). And after this everything works.
Thanks.
As a couple of comments have alluded to, the best approach is to wrap the <shape> in an <item> element and set the padding there instead. There are however other options available which are detailed in the link below. eg
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:left="8dp"
android:right="8dp"
android:top="8dp"
android:bottom="8dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
...
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Depending on your needs, instead of using a layer-list, you could use any of the following drawable types:
layer-list
selector
level-list
transition
For more information about the available drawable types see this android documentation
Sources:
DustinB's comment
Yahel's answer
user924's comment
How to add padding to gradient <shape> in Android?
You can try insets:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<inset xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:insetBottom="2dp"
android:insetLeft="1dp"
android:insetRight="20dp"
android:insetTop="20dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#ffffff"
android:dashWidth="2dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/button_white_cover" />
<corners android:radius="11dp" />
</shape>
</inset>
The answer by Lyobomyr works, but here is the same solution applied but without the overhead of creating a new drawable, hence minimizing the file clutter :
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3588976/578746
Copy/Paste of the anwser by anon on the SO answer above :
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:left="6dp"
android:right="6dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<gradient android:startColor="#ccd0d3"
android:centerColor="#b6babd"
android:endColor="#ccd0d3"
android:height="1px"
android:angle="0"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
I solved this problem like this:
<shape android:shape="oval" >
<stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#android:color/transparent" />
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent" />
</shape>
just added a transparent stroke to it.