Android: How do I change the height of a ProgressBar?

Question

I was wondering what is the easiest way to change the height of a ProgressBar in Android?

Thanks,

Tomek

Answer 1

The trick is to have your ProgressBar use the "old", none halo, style. Otherwise it will use a 9-patch image as a progress drawable and you can't change the height unless you manipulate the image. So here is what I did :

the progressbar :

the progress drawable (horizontal_progress_drawable_red.xml) :