How can I make a table with a round border, similar to the photo below, in Android?
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I think Androidbase linked to the wrong question... he asked a similar question recently, and here's the answer I gave him:
You can put a coloured background with rounded corners into a table by using a Shape background. Create such a shape in an XML file, put in your drawables folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#99FFFFFF"/>
<corners android:radius="30px"/>
<padding android:left="0dp" android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="0dp" />
</shape>
For example the above creates a semi-transparent white background with 30px rounded corners. You set this to the table by using
android:background="@drawable/my_shape_file"
in the XML file where you defined your table layout.

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can any suggest me how to remove rounded corner of button ... thnx – Suraj Air Sep 18 '11 at 08:34
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+1. this was awesome. also, if you want to set it on your table row programatically instead (say if you're alternating background shapes) use: tableRow.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.my_shape_file); more info [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2414134/dynamically-get-drawables-by-id) – dev Jan 26 '12 at 21:30
I prefer to use a masking technique - overlay a mask image (any iOS-style background, with a transparent cutout in it) over a standard layout.
This way, the background of my layout is not linked directly to a bitmap, I can change it very easily.
I have an answer explaining that here: Android XML rounded clipped corners

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I had a similar task recently so I decided to write a library for this purpose. Feel free to use it for your needs... https://github.com/vladexologija/GroupedTextView

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But it doesn't horizontally align the text on the right with your current implementation, right? It seems like a TableView will be better to use for implementation. – Edwin Evans Apr 10 '12 at 21:18
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It's all there on Github, change it to android:gravity="right" if you prefer right alignment. – vladexologija Apr 11 '12 at 08:26