xml-drawable

Consider the following layout: <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@drawable/bg1" > <View android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@drawable/bg2" /> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" > <!-- some views here --> </LinearLayout> </FrameLayout> I'm using it to have bg2 on top of bg1 while bg2 remains completely independent, such that I

I have created chat bubble with drawable which looks fine, now I want to add shadow effect below the drawable so it make 3d effect.I don't want to use 9-pitch image. I just want to know how i can add shadow effect on this drawable. my code is ----right_bubble_chat_drawable <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <shape android:shape="rectangle" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <corners android:radius="15dp" /> <solid android:color="@color/chatrightbubbleColor" /> <padding android:bottom="10dp" android:left="10dp" android:right="10dp" android:top="10dp" /> <size

What is the best way to set background for some view? For example 2 variants of backround: background with gradient, rounded corners and border background with just one color and rounded corners So which of variants would be better, nine-patch or drawable xml resource? My guess is, NinePatch would be slightly faster in most cases. Here's what I found. GradientDrawable (the one used for rects in xml) uses this code to call through to Canvas which in turn uses native call leading to SkCanvas , SkDraw and eventually SkScan and SkBlitter . On the other hand, NinePatch 's draw() has almost zero

I want to make a drawable for my Android button, defined as drawable. I found I could set all the borders by using a rectangle, but I got kinda stuck when I wanted it on three sides. I want for example have either the top or the bottom open. Could anyone show me how to do this? Shubhayu Try doing this, though I saw it on some other post <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <item> <shape android:shape="rectangle" > <solid android:color="#FFFFFF" /> <padding //android:bottom="10dp" Remove this to avoid seeing the bottom

I want to create a border for a linearLayout. So I decide to create a shape. I want the border to have a gradient. The following is not doing it. It fills the rectangle and then creates a stroke. I don't want a filled rectangle, just the stroke. And I want to apply the gradient to the stroke. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" > <gradient android:angle="360" android:centerColor="#e95a22" android:endColor="#ff00b5" android:gradientRadius="360" android:startColor="#006386" android:type="sweep" />