How to add border to button in android

Question

Hi I'm covering my ImageView in buttons but while they are so close to each other you cant make out that it is buttons, its just a big red square. I need a quick and easy way to give my buttons borders/edges or something so you can see the different buttons.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '14 at 18:08

Create a Shape in Drawable Resource

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
   <solid android:color="#C0213A" />`<!--Background Color-->`
   <stroke android:width="2dip" android:color="#C0213A"/> `<!--Border-->`
</shape>

In your XML

<Button
android:id="@+id/button"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
android:background="@drawable/your_shape"> `<!--This is your shape created--`>

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '14 at 18:09

There is no border for buttons but you can use shape to make a drawable with border then put it as background for the button.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >

    <solid android:color="@color/red" />

    <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        android:color="@color/black" />

</shape>

How to add border to button in android

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