How to make a round button?

Question

I\'m trying to make a round button, but I don\'t know how can I do it. I can make button with rounded corners, but how can I can round circle. It\'s not the same. Please, te

Answer 1

I went through all the answers. But none of them is beginner friendly. So here I have given a very detailed answers fully explained with pictures.

Open Android Studio. Go to Project Window and scroll to drawable folder under res folder

Right click, select New --> drawable resource folder

In the window that appears, name the file rounded_corners and click on OK

A new file rounded_corners.xml gets created

Open the file. You are presented with the following code -->

Replace it with the following code -->

Here the design view can be seen on the right side

Adjust the value in android:radius to make the button more or less rounded.

Then go to activity_main.xml

Put the following code -->

Here I have placed the Button inside a RelativeLayout. You can use any Layout you want.

For reference purpose MainActivity.java code is as follows -->

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
}

I have a Pixel 4 API 30 avd installed. After running the code in the avd the display is as follows -->