android-How to add bottom border like this

Question

I want to add a bottom border to my textView , something like this :

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could you help me to do so ? I don't want to use 9patch png ,is it possible to do so by using xml drawable?

@pskink , bottom or top no different ,How can I add this border to my view? — mahdi yamani, Apr 03 '15 at 13:51
nine patches are designed to do such effect, try them, i don't know why you don't want them... — pskink, Apr 03 '15 at 13:53

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '15 at 14:21

you can do it using layer list:

border.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="@color/WhiteSmoke"/>
        <corners android:radius="2dp" />
    </shape>
</item>

<item
    android:left="2dp"
    android:right="2dp"
    android:top="5dp"
    android:bottom="0dp">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="@android:color/white"/>
        <corners android:radius="2dp" />
    </shape>
</item>

Where you can define how thick the border is in android:left,right,..

To use it on text view you must save it into res/drawable and then set the background of your text view to:

android:background:"@drawable/border"

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '15 at 14:03

1

You need to use the nine-patch to add such shadow, use the one attached here

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answered Apr 03 '15 at 14:03

Fahim

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '15 at 13:46

The android:layout_alignParentBottom attribute has to be declared in an element of the RelativeLayout.

Here is the sample code -

<RelativeLayout 
 android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"         
 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true">
  <ListView ...>
  <Button android:id="@+id/btnGetMoreResults"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"     
   android:text="Get more"
   android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

HOpe this helps :)

You didn't get what I mean , I want to add border not aligning views — mahdi yamani, Apr 03 '15 at 13:51

android-How to add bottom border like this

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