How to create borderless button using style from style.xml file (along with all other styles)

Question

I am trying to create a borderless button, but I also have many other styles for my button and I want to design button borderless by embedding code into my style.xml file.

One way I found was: By using style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle" in my layout file.

<Button
    android:id="@+id/button_send"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/button_send"
    android:onClick="sendMessage"
    style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle" />

But I want to make this happen in style.xml and I don't know what values does ' _______ take?

Have you tried extending from [Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless](https://stackoverflow.com/a/36666660/1815052)? — SqueezyMo, Sep 07 '17 at 15:06

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '17 at 15:08

You can do this by making Custom Button class which extend default Button class, and use this class everywhere, and second possible solution is use

If it's selected or not selected you should use a toggle button https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ToggleButton.html

Be aware that there are still 4 states for that

You define them in a selector like this

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_checked="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/likeactivepressed" />
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/likeinitialpressed"/>
    <item android:state_checked="true" android:drawable="@drawable/likeon"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/likeinitial"/>
</selector>

Then define it in your button like this

android:background="@drawable/like_button"

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '18 at 07:52

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I think this is what you're looking for.

<style name="style_name" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless">
    <!-- your style -->
</style>

answered Nov 23 '18 at 07:52

Faisal Debouni

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Akhilesh V S · Answer 3 · 2017-09-12T12:18:01.593

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Try this here and another

android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"

edited Sep 12 '17 at 12:18

answered Sep 07 '17 at 15:03

Akhilesh V S

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You should use comments to ask for clarification. – Randall Arms Sep 07 '17 at 15:22
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@RandallArms okay i thought i just posted an answer. I tried commenting but it needs 50 reputation to make a comment hope you know it. But in future i will keep it in mind. So i re-edited the answer now it doesn't looks like an that I am asking a clarification. Thanks ! – Akhilesh V S Sep 12 '17 at 12:32
Looks good to me now! Hope I did not come off as too pedantic. – Randall Arms Sep 12 '17 at 17:55
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@RandallArms its okay to stop doing mistakes when its small. So thank you. – Akhilesh V S Sep 15 '17 at 16:41

How to create borderless button using style from style.xml file (along with all other styles)

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