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Questions tagged [shapes]

Questions related to drawing or defining shapes.

A shape is a geometric representation of some object, defined by the external boundaries which encompass the object.

For 2-D shapes like the circle, , and rectangle their shape is constructed of lines connected together.

3-D shapes are defined by a 2-D which envelopes the interior 3-D volume.

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How to define a circle shape in an Android XML drawable file?

I have some problems finding the documentation of the definitions of shapes in XML for Android. I would like to define a simple circle filled with a solid color in an XML File to include it into my layout files. Sadly the Documentation on…
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How to make gradient background in android

I want to create gradient background where the gradient is in the top half and there's a solid color in the bottom half, like in this image below: I can't because the centerColor spreads out to cover the bottom and top. How can I make a…
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Set android shape color programmatically

I am editing to make the question simpler, hoping that helps towards an accurate answer. Say I have the following oval shape:
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Rounded corner for textview in android

I have a textview and want its corner to be in round shape. I already know it can be done using android:background="@drawable/somefile". In my case, this tag is already included so cannot use again. e.g android:background="@drawable/mydialogbox" is…
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Multi-gradient shapes

I'd like to create a shape that's like the following image: Notice the top half gradients from color 1 to color 2, but theres a bottom half that gradients from color 3 to color 4. I know how to make a shape with a single gradient, but I'm not sure…
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Border in shape XML

I am trying to make a drawable to use for a button. I would like it to have this coloring, with a 2px border around it. Everything works just fine except I cannot get the border to show up...
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How to change shape color dynamically?

I have
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Android: Using linear gradient as background looks banded

I'm trying to apply a linear gradient to my ListView. This is the content of my drawable xml:
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I need to change the stroke color to a user defined color. Nothing to do with the state

I need to change the stroke color from the app. The user is able to change the background color so I need to also let them change the stroke (outline) of the button. As its is already set in the drawable (sample below) I have not found a way to…
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Shape drawable as background, a line at the bottom

I am using a drawable as a background of a TextView just to have a divider line below the text. A achivied it with this drawable-xml: …
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SVG to Android Shape

I'm wondering how vector drawing in Android with the Shape class may resemble another vector drawing standard. Since Shape is a Drawable, and Drawables are usually defined as XML, it sounds a lot like the vector drawing commands in SVG. My question…
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Drawing multiple shapes with ShapeDrawable in xml with Android

I am currently drawing a number of circles on a canvas in a custom view in code. the circles are static and do not change. I would like to draw them using a ShapeDrawable in xml to help clean up my code. I will have a number of different drawables…
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Two Rectangles intersection

I have two rectangles characterized by 4 values each : Left position X, top position Y, width W and height H: X1, Y1, H1, W1 X2, Y2, H2, W2 Rectangles are not rotated, like so: +--------------------> X axis | | (X,Y) (X+W, Y) | …
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what does numpy ndarray shape do?

I have a simple question about the .shape function, which confused me a lot. a = np.array([1, 2, 3]) # Create a rank 1 array print(type(a)) # Prints "" print(a.shape) # Prints "(3,)" b =…
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How to get round shape in Android

How would I achieve a round shape in Android, like below, through an Android shape drawable:
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