Android - set a ProgressBar to be a vertical bar instead of horizontal?

Question

I am trying to use a ProgressBar as a metering like display. I thought it was going to be an easy task and thought that ProgressBar had a property to set to be vertical, bu

Answer 1

I found the probably best(easiest & most versatile) solution:)

This is an old post, but it was so hard for me to find this so easy solution so I thought I should post it..

Just use a scale-drawable (or a 9-patch if you want), no need for ANY OTHER code.

Example:

And of course the normal code:

Notice the scale-drawable's xml lines (the magic lines):

android:scaleGravity="bottom"  //scale from 0 in y axis (default scales from center Y)  
android:scaleWidth="0%"        //don't scale width (according to 'progress')
android:scaleHeight="100%"     //do scale the height of the drawable