How to create an irregular textview or container?

Question

i m creating a chatting application in android and just i want to change the view of textview for previewing the comments

textview has a rectangle shape but i want to change it such as below photo that i mentioned...

i searched a lot but because i m newbie in android i should ask it here

i need something like this widget....

i don't know exactly what is it? is a textview or a container for a textview???

please help me find it out. thanks in advance...

enter image description here

You can achieve this by setting background for the textview with your desired image. — Manishika, Oct 29 '13 at 17:36

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '13 at 17:38

This is just a simple textView with a background image to it. Use a 9-patch image for best results when stretched: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/NinePatch.html

Also, this site might help in creating 9-patch images: http://draw9patch.com/

Jitender Dev · Answer 2 · 2013-10-29T17:41:12.690

2

This is a image used as a background on TextView. You can add any shaped image on background of TextView.

There is a source code available for Chat bubbles in Android.

edited Oct 29 '13 at 17:41

answered Oct 29 '13 at 17:34

Jitender Dev

2 Answers2