Rounded corner for textview in android

Question

I have a textview and want its corner to be in round shape. I already know it can be done using android:background="@drawable/somefile". In my case, this tag is already included so cannot use again. e.g android:background="@drawable/mydialogbox" is already there to create image in background

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="top"
    android:background="@drawable/mydialogbox"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textview_name"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

so when I want textview(textview_name) also with round corner, how this can be achieved.

Answer 1

1) Create rounded_corner.xml in the drawable folder and add the following content,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >         
   <stroke
          android:width="1dp"
          android:color="@color/common_border_color" />

   <solid android:color="#ffffff" />

   <padding
           android:left="1dp"
           android:right="1dp"
           android:bottom="1dp"
           android:top="1dp" />

   <corners android:radius="5dp" />
</shape>

2) Set this drawable in the TextView background property.for example:

android:background="@drawable/rounded_corner"

I hope this is useful for you.

Answer 2

Since your top level view already has android:background property set, you can use a <layer-list> (link) to create a new XML drawable that combines both your old background and your new rounded corners background.

Each <item> element in the list is drawn over the next, so the last item in the list is the one that ends up on top.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item>
        <bitmap android:src="@drawable/mydialogbox" />
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <stroke
                android:width="1dp"
                android:color="@color/common_border_color" />

            <solid android:color="#ffffff" />

            <padding
                    android:left="1dp"
                    android:right="1dp"
                    android:top="1dp" />

            <corners android:radius="5dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Answer 3

Beside radius, there are some property to round corner like topRightRadius, topLeftRadius, bottomRightRadius, bottomLeftRadius

Example TextView with red borderwith corner andgray` background

bg_rounded.xml

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <stroke
        android:width="10dp"
        android:color="#f00" />

    <solid android:color="#aaa" />

    <corners
        android:radius="5dp"
        android:topRightRadius="100dp" />
</shape>

TextView

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/bg_rounded"
    android:text="Text"
    android:padding="20dp"
    android:layout_margin="10dp"
    />

Result

Answer 4

create an xml gradient.xml file under drawable folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle"  >
            <corners android:radius="50dip" />
            <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#667162" />
            <gradient android:angle="-90" android:startColor="#ffffff" android:endColor="#ffffff" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</selector>

then add this to your TextView

android:background="@drawable/gradient"

Answer 5

1. Right Click on Drawable Folder and Create new File
2. Name the file according to you and add the extension as .xml.
3. Add the following code in the file

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:shape="rectangle">
      <corners android:radius="5dp" />
      <stroke android:width="1dp"  />
      <solid android:color="#1e90ff" />
  </shape>

4. Add the line where you want the rounded edge android:background="@drawable/corner"

Answer 6

You can use the provided rectangle shape (without a gradient, unless you want one) as follows:

In drawable/rounded_rectangle.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    <corners android:radius="5dp" />
    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#ff0000" />
    <solid android:color="#00ff00" />
</shape>

Then in your text view:

android:background="@drawable/rounded_rectangle"

Of course, you will want to customize the dimensions and colors.

Answer 7

<?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>
            <corners android:radius="5dp" />
            <solid android:color="#ffffff"/>

        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Answer 8

You can use SVG for rounding corners and load into an ImageView and use ConstraintLayout to bring ImageView on TextView

I used it for rounded ImageView and rounded TextView