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Prasanth S
Prasanth S

Reputation: 3830

Creating horizontal and vertical dotted lines in android

I want to draw horizontal and vertical dotted lines in android using shapes.

I want to draw like this

enter image description here

For Horizontal line 

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="line" >

    <stroke
        android:dashGap="6px"
        android:dashWidth="6px"
        android:color="#C7B299" />

</shape>

For vertical line 

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="line" >
<size
     android:height="400dp"/>
    <stroke
        android:dashGap="6px"
        android:dashWidth="6px"
        android:color="#C7B299" />

</shape>

But vertical dotted line not displaying my output shows like this

enter image description here

How to draw vertical line.

Upvotes: 49

Views: 63953

Answers (12)

Maede Jalali
Maede Jalali

Reputation: 326

I've tried so many things and the only thing that worked for me was this:

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:left="-300dp"
        android:right="-300dp">
        <rotate
            android:fromDegrees="90"
            android:toDegrees="90">
            <shape android:shape="line" >
                <stroke
                    android:width="2dp"
                    android:dashGap="3dp"
                    android:dashWidth="3dp"
                    android:color="@color/disable" />
            </shape>
        </rotate>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Upvotes: 3

Ritesh Chavan
Ritesh Chavan

Reputation: 1

Use the below drawable code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item>
        <rotate
            android:fromDegrees="90"
            android:visible="true">
            <shape android:shape="line">
                <stroke
                    android:width="1dp"
                    android:color="@color/black"
                    android:dashWidth="8dp"
                    android:dashGap="3dp"
                    />
            </shape>
        </rotate>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Upvotes: 0

Wolf
Wolf

Reputation: 11

<rotate
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:fromDegrees="90"
android:toDegrees="90"
android:pivotX="50%"
android:pivotY="50%">
    <shape android:shape="line">
            <stroke
                android:width="20dp"
                android:color="@color/blue"
                android:dashWidth="20dp"
                android:dashGap="20dp" />
    </shape>

Upvotes: 1

Nanda Gopal
Nanda Gopal

Reputation: 2699

enter image description here

To achieve this, You should create 2 different drawable,

1. Horizontal Line: res/drawable/bg_horizontal_dotted_line.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:shape="line">
  <stroke
    android:width="0.8dp"
    android:color="@color/text_grey"
    android:dashWidth="4dp"
    android:dashGap="3dp" />
</shape>

2. Vertical Drawable: res/drawable/bg_dotted_line_vertical.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item
    android:left="-600dp"
    android:right="-600dp">
    <rotate
      android:drawable="@drawable/bg_horizontal_dotted_line"
      android:fromDegrees="90"
      android:visible="true" />
  </item>
</layer-list>

Now, All you need to do is apply the above vertical XML into the view,

<View
            android:id="@+id/imageView7"
            android:layout_width="1dp"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:background="@drawable/bg_dotted_line_vertical"
            android:layerType="software"/>

Complete Code:

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      android:id="@+id/ll_task_expanded"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="200dp"
      android:orientation="vertical"
      app:canExpand="false"
      app:expanded="true">


      <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView5"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/textView3"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/textView3"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_circle" />

      <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView6"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/textView4"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@+id/imageView5"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/imageView5"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/textView4"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_circle" />

      <View
        android:id="@+id/imageView7"
        android:layout_width="1dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:background="@drawable/bg_dotted_line_vertical"
        android:layerType="software"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/imageView6"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@+id/imageView5"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/imageView5"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView5" />

      <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:text="TextView"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/imageView5"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

      <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView4"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
        android:text="TextView"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@+id/textView3"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/textView3"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView3" />
    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Upvotes: 28

Saiful Islam Sajib
Saiful Islam Sajib

Reputation: 2421

This solution is 100% working and wish help you:

At first create a drawable which will draw a horizontal dashed line.

Let dashed line drawable name is horizontal_dashed_line.xml

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="line">

     <stroke
      android:width="3dp"
      android:color="#80ffffff"
      android:dashWidth="20dp"
      android:dashGap="5dp" />
  </shape>

if you want to have vertical dashed line you have to rotate this drawable by followings:

Let drawable name is vertical_dashed_line.xml

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:fromDegrees="90"
    android:toDegrees="90"
    android:pivotX="50%"
    android:pivotY="50%"
    android:drawable="@drawable/horizontal_dashed_line">

  </rotate>

Now you have a horizontal and vertical dashed line.

How to use:

To draw horizontal line simply add horizontal_dashed_line.xml in your layout. For example: 

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/horizontal_dashed_line"

    </RelativeLayout>

But if you want vertical line, just add vertical_dashed_line.xml instead of horizontal_dashed_line.xml.For example:

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/vertical_dashed_line"

    </RelativeLayout>

Good luck!

Upvotes: -1

Sagar Wankhede
Sagar Wankhede

Reputation: 322

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:fromDegrees="90"
        android:toDegrees="90">
    <shape android:shape="line">
        <stroke
                android:color="@color/darkGray"
                android:width="1dp"
                android:dashGap="4dp"
                android:dashWidth="2dp"/>
    </shape>
</rotate>

<View
                android:layerType="software"
                android:background="@drawable/bg_vertical_dash_gray_1dp"
                android:layout_width="@dimen/_15sdp"
                android:layout_height="@dimen/_30sdp"/>

The key for the above code to get working is using android:layerType="software". For more information, check this link.

Upvotes: 0

Job M
Job M

Reputation: 3968

This one solves the problem nicely Create drawable line_dash.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:bottom="-1dp"
        android:left="-1dp"
        android:right="-1dp"
        android:top="0dp">

        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <stroke
                android:width="1dp"
                android:color="@color/grey_20"
                android:dashGap="3dp"
                android:dashWidth="3dp" />

            <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />

            <padding
                android:bottom="10dp"
                android:left="10dp"
                android:right="10dp"
                android:top="10dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Use it like this

 <View
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="1dp"
       android:layout_margin="@dimen/spacing_middle"
       android:background="@drawable/line_dash" />

Upvotes: 2

jmorales
jmorales

Reputation: 53

For the vertical line:

<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:fromDegrees="90"
    android:toDegrees="90">
    <shape
        android:shape="line">
        <stroke
            android:width="2dp"
            android:color="#ff00ff"
            android:dashWidth="8dp"
            android:dashGap="5dp" />
        <size android:width="120dp" />
    </shape>
</rotate>

For the horizontal line:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <shape
        android:shape="line">
        <stroke
            android:width="2dp"
            android:color="@color/accent_color"
            android:dashWidth="3dp"
            android:dashGap="2dp" />
    </shape>
</rotate>

Upvotes: 0

ulix
ulix

Reputation: 999

I think I've found a "cleaner" solution for this problem by creating a custom view containing specific code to draw the dashed lines (in both vertical and horizontal orientations), and a bunch of attributes to make it very easy to use it from XML layouts. The main advantage of this approach over the "rotated line" method is that you can set the size of the dashed line view the way you would normally do, without having to worry about how the view is going to behave after the rotation (once the rotation applies to the entire dashed line view and not only to the line being drawn).

So here is the step by step solution:

  1. Create the file "/res/values/attrs.xml" with the following contents:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

<declare-styleable name="DividerView">
    <attr name="color" format="color" />
    <attr name="dashLength" format="dimension" />
    <attr name="dashGap" format="dimension" />
    <attr name="dashThickness" format="dimension" />
    <attr name="orientation" format="enum">
        <enum name="horizontal" value="0" />
        <enum name="vertical" value="1" />
    </attr>
</declare-styleable>

</resources>

This creates the attributes to control the custom view. Note: If the file above already exists in your project, just copy/paste the "declare-stylable" block inside the existing "resources" block.

  1. Create the class DividerView and paste the contents below:

    public class DividerView extends View {
static public int ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL = 0;
static public int ORIENTATION_VERTICAL = 1;
private Paint mPaint;
private int orientation;

public DividerView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    int dashGap, dashLength, dashThickness;
    int color;

    TypedArray a = context.getTheme().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.DividerView, 0, 0);

    try {
        dashGap = a.getDimensionPixelSize(R.styleable.DividerView_dashGap, 5);
        dashLength = a.getDimensionPixelSize(R.styleable.DividerView_dashLength, 5);
        dashThickness = a.getDimensionPixelSize(R.styleable.DividerView_dashThickness, 3);
        color = a.getColor(R.styleable.DividerView_color, 0xff000000);
        orientation = a.getInt(R.styleable.DividerView_orientation, ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL);
    } finally {
        a.recycle();
    }

    mPaint = new Paint();
    mPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
    mPaint.setColor(color);
    mPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
    mPaint.setStrokeWidth(dashThickness);
    mPaint.setPathEffect(new DashPathEffect(new float[] { dashLength, dashGap, }, 0));
}

public DividerView(Context context) {
    this(context, null);
}

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    if (orientation == ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL) {
        float center = getHeight() * .5f; 
        canvas.drawLine(0, center, getWidth(), center, mPaint);
    } else {
        float center = getWidth() * .5f; 
        canvas.drawLine(center, 0, center, getHeight(), mPaint);
    }
}
}

  2. In order to use auto-complete of attributes on your layout files, add the following name space definition on the topmost container:

    xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.example"

Replace com.example by the name of your package. You can also change custom by any prefix that better suits your needs. Note: You may need to restart Eclipse to get the auto-complete working after changes on attrs.xml file.

  1. And finally create your dashed lines by inserting the following element on your layout, like any other view:

    <com.example.DividerView
    android:layout_width="1dp"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layerType="software" 
    custom:color="@color/grey"
    custom:orientation="vertical"
    custom:dashLength="1dp"
    custom:dashGap="1dp"
    custom:dashThickness="1dp" />

I hope it helps!

Upvotes: 46

Sfseyhan
Sfseyhan

Reputation: 1361

If the View has 1dp width then just rotating your horizontal line is not enough. The vertical line’s length will be 1dp as it is drawn horizontally first, then rotated. Here is a trick to solve this problem:

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:left="-300dp"
        android:right="-300dp">
        <rotate
            android:drawable="@drawable/dash_line_divider_horizontal"
            android:fromDegrees="90"
            android:toDegrees="90"/>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Upvotes: 64

Simon Thomas
Simon Thomas

Reputation: 169

This works for me:

vertical_line.xml 

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent"/>
    <stroke
        android:width="1px"
        android:color="#60000000"
        android:dashGap="5px"
        android:dashWidth="5px" />
</shape>

In Layout:

<View
        android:layout_width="1dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:background="@drawable/vertical_line" />

Upvotes: 16

user2888923
user2888923

Reputation:

I found the solution

<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:fromDegrees="90"
    android:toDegrees="90" >

    <shape android:shape="line" >
        <stroke
            android:dashGap="6px"
            android:dashWidth="6px"
            android:color="#C7B299" />
    </shape>

</rotate>

OR 

<rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:fromDegrees="90"
    android:toDegrees="90"
    android:drawable="@drawable/horizontal_line"/>

Upvotes: 61

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