CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidtextview
user1154920
user1154920

Reputation: 465

Android draw circle around Text

I have a textView with a single character in it (all single digit, numbers 0-9). I'd like to draw a circle or a square around the number. I saw a thread mention using a nine-patch to style around it, but I'm unsure of how to do this (or if it is the best way to do it). How can I have a circle around the number?

Thanks

Upvotes: 18

Views: 33842

Answers (3)

CodeToLife
CodeToLife

Reputation: 4171

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="oval">
    <stroke android:color="@color/teal_200" android:width="2dip"/>
    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>
    <size
        android:width="10dp"
        android:height="10dp" 
    />
</shape>

Upvotes: 1

anticafe
anticafe

Reputation: 6892

Just need to create a round drawable like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:shape="oval">
    <corners android:radius="10dip"/>
    <stroke android:color="@color/red" android:width="2dip"/>
    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>
</shape>

And set this drawable as your TextView background.

Upvotes: 57

flagoworld
flagoworld

Reputation: 3194

You should be able to just give that TextView a Shape drawable that is a circle as a background.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#Shape

Upvotes: 0

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