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Solid drawables in android, these drawables are placed in 'drawable' folder inside 'res' folder, these are saved as xml files

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Using drawable resources

I have this problem, see the trace stack: E/AndroidRuntime(2410): Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #5: requires a valid src attribute My xml file looks like:
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Understanding Android's

I don't understand how the layer-lists work. I read the official documentation with some examples but it does not work for me like expected. I want four squares which should be padded with 1dp, but nothing is like expected. Here is a screenshot…
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BitmapFactory.decodeResource() returns null for shape defined in xml drawable

I looked through multiple similar questions, although I haven't found a proper answer to my issue. I have a drawable, defined in shape.xml
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Android shape border with gradient

I want to create a border for a linearLayout. So I decide to create a shape. I want the border to have a gradient. The following is not doing it. It fills the rectangle and then creates a stroke. I don't want a filled rectangle, just the stroke. And…
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How to preview xml drawable?

I'm working on pretty complex xml drawable and i was wondering if there is any tool/plugins which allow me to preview my drawable ? I'm looking for something similar to the "Graphical layout" tab available for layout. For example if i have something…
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how to get android gradient center light effect?

i want something like following image i tried it using drawable shape
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How to use a shape drawable together with an image?

I have this difficulty to have both rounded corner and a background image in my LinearLayout. I know I can achive the rounded corner by using the shape drawable XML, but if I put the shape drawable as the background of my LinearLayout with…
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Android: How to Make A Drawable Selector

I feel like this is kind of a silly question, but here I go anyways. I have an image button, and I want to be able to change it's image everytime it is clicked. The API seems to say that the best way to go about doing this is to create xml…
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Android dashed line drawable potential ICS bug

The following is a dashed line, defined as a ShapeDrawable in XML:
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how to add shadow effect on drawable in android

I have created chat bubble with drawable which looks fine, now I want to add shadow effect below the drawable so it make 3d effect.I don't want to use 9-pitch image. I just want to know how i can add shadow effect on this drawable. my code is…
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Android: how to use the current theme's colors in a drawable xml?

I have defined two themes with different primary, primary dark, primary light and accent colors.