Setting no border on Android Drawable defined in XML

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I'm trying to define a background drawable in XML that will make the background have a 1dp grey border on the left. The XML I'm using is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="#00FFFFFF" />
    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#CCCCCC" />
    <padding android:left="1dp" android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="0dp" />
</shape>

In the screenshot below you can see that it's actually putting a 1dp border around the entire view (the "Recent Lessons" area):

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Can someone explain to me what I've done wrong here?

http://stackoverflow.com/a/9212584/2197087 See here. – Ivan Skoric Aug 02 '13 at 22:23 — Ivan Skoric, Aug 02 '13 at 22:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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I think that you may have confused padding and stroke. The 1dp stroke you are adding is the border you see around the shape - not the padding. Try following these examples. For more about LayerList see the android docs (LayerList section). Basically, it boils down to multiple drawables as one.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Aug 02 '13 at 22:25

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Setting no border on Android Drawable defined in XML

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