Solid drawables in android, these drawables are placed in 'drawable' folder inside 'res' folder, these are saved as xml files
Questions tagged [xml-drawable]
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Using drawable resources
I have this problem, see the trace stack:
E/AndroidRuntime(2410): Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #5: requires a valid src attribute
My xml file looks like:
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Understanding Android's
I don't understand how the layer-lists work. I read the official documentation with some examples but it does not work for me like expected. I want four squares which should be padded with 1dp, but nothing is like expected. Here is a screenshot…
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BitmapFactory.decodeResource() returns null for shape defined in xml drawable
I looked through multiple similar questions, although I haven't found a proper answer to my issue.
I have a drawable, defined in shape.xml
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Android shape border with gradient
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…
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How to preview xml drawable?
I'm working on pretty complex xml drawable and i was wondering if there is any tool/plugins which allow me to preview my drawable ?
I'm looking for something similar to the "Graphical layout" tab available for layout.
For example if i have something…
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how to get android gradient center light effect?
i want something like following image
i tried it using drawable shape
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How to use a shape drawable together with an image?
I have this difficulty to have both rounded corner and a background image in my LinearLayout.
I know I can achive the rounded corner by using the shape drawable XML, but if I put the shape drawable as the background of my LinearLayout with…
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Android: How to Make A Drawable Selector
I feel like this is kind of a silly question, but here I go anyways. I have an image button, and I want to be able to change it's image everytime it is clicked. The API seems to say that the best way to go about doing this is to create xml…
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Android button select and press drawable
I'm trying to make a button with state press and select,
I already did the same with tabs and it works but I don't know why here does not work.
I have done it like this:
button_sel.xml
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Dotted line is actually not dotted when app is running on real Android device
in my app I use XML defined vertical dotted line.
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Android dashed line drawable potential ICS bug
The following is a dashed line, defined as a ShapeDrawable in XML:
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how to add shadow effect on drawable in android
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…
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Change shape border color at runtime
I have this shape in my drawable folder:
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round corners with border color
I am using the following code to get rounded corners as well as a colored outline:
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Android circular progress bar with rounded corners
I am trying to get a circular progress bar with rounded corner as shown below.
But I am not able to get the rounded corner so far I am able to get the circular progress bar.
I am trying to draw it using the xml drawable.
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