How to make a view with rounded corners?

Question

I am trying to make a view in android with rounded edges. The solution I found so far is to define a shape with rounded corners and use it as the background of that view.

Answer 1

In Android L you will be able to just use View.setClipToOutline to get that effect. In previous versions there is no way to just clip the contents of a random ViewGroup in a certain shape.

You will have to think of something that would give you a similar effect:

• If you only need rounded corners in the ImageView, you can use a shader to 'paint' the image over the shape you are using as background. Take a look at this library for an example.

• If you really need every children to be clipped, maybe you can another view over your layout? One with a background of whatever color you are using, and a round 'hole' in the middle? You could actually create a custom ViewGroup that draws that shape over every children overriding the onDraw method.