Using Drawable instead of shape

Question

Is there any way to create a XML drawable with drawable and stroke?

Usually we use shape with stroke like this code:

        <item android:state_pressed="true">
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:angle="270.0"
                android:endColor="@color/rounded_container_bg"
                android:startColor="@color/rounded_container_bg" />

            <corners android:radius="11.0dip" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <stroke
                android:width="1.0px"
                android:color="@color/rounded_container_border" />

I think this is not possible to use drawable in this code But is there any other methods that I can use it to create an image surrounded by stroke?

I need this method to create buttons and I want to use a background image (PNG) with stroke.

Thanks

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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Use LayerDrawable (called Layer-List in xml)

LayerDrawable programmatically

You can mix shapes from xml with drawable that are drawn in code and bitmaps and use it as single Drawable.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Jan 29 '14 at 15:49

Yaroslav Mytkalyk

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '14 at 15:52

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you can use ImageButton instead of normal button

<ImageButton
    android:background="your_drawable_shape"
    android:src="your_image"
/>

or you can use LayerDrawable

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/stroke_drawable"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/your_image" />
</layer-list>

answered Jan 29 '14 at 15:52

Orhan Obut

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Thanks for the answer ...In the second method how its going to recognize the stroke from the image? – user3051834 Jan 29 '14 at 16:34
@user3051834 what do you mean "how it is going to recognize"? The shape is a Drawable. – Yaroslav Mytkalyk Jan 29 '14 at 16:55
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@user3051834 You already made a stoke with shape, now you need to add another layer to top which is your image. That's the point of layerdrawable – Orhan Obut Jan 29 '14 at 17:02

Using Drawable instead of shape

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