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Arbaz Alam
Arbaz Alam

Reputation: 1382

How to draw a rectangle box around elements of Android Activity?

I want to create a rectangle box around the elements as shown in figure. Two edittext fields and a button should inside the box and outside of box is list. How can I achieve this. Kindly answer in detail because I am new in Android programming.

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 14067

Answers (3)

GeorgeF
GeorgeF

Reputation: 85

I would suggest FIRST wrapping your elements in a layout (as suggested by Josue de Leon Santana), then creating a custom background for that layout (similar to what SaravInfern suggested).

That custom background can have all your desired design preferences.

Hope this helps anyone else needing to do this!

Upvotes: 2

Josué de León Santana
Josué de León Santana

Reputation: 134

You need to wrap those elements in a layout. An example would be to have a LinearLayout with orientation = vertical, and the background the color that you want.

Upvotes: 3

SaravInfern
SaravInfern

Reputation: 3388

create a xml file in drawable like below and set it as background for your view

rectanglebg.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/listview_background_shape">
    <stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#FF0000" />
    <padding android:left="2dp"
        android:top="2dp"
        android:right="2dp"
        android:bottom="2dp" />
    <corners android:radius="5dp" />
    <solid android:color="#ffffffff" />
</shape>

Upvotes: 4

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