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AthaMit
AthaMit

Reputation: 340

How to change the shape of Floating Action Button (FAB) on android?

In our android app we need to create a floating action button which isn't the default circle but a square with with three rounded corners. The fab looks like in the image below:

enter image description here

I managed to create such a form but don't know how to apply it to my fab, or if it's even possible. The xml file for the shape looks like this:

   <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:shape="rectangle">
    <solid android:color="@color/red" />
    <corners
      android:topLeftRadius="90dp"
      android:topRightRadius="90dp"
      android:bottomRightRadius="90dp"/>
   </shape>

I tried to change the form with 

android:src="@drawable/my_shape"

but this changes only the icon inside my button. I think I need to extend FloatingActionButton but I have no idea how.

Is there a way to change the shape of the fab? If someone has already achieved this I would appreciate to see a sample.

Upvotes: 31

Views: 30327

Answers (4)

utsav kuchhal
utsav kuchhal

Reputation: 83

No need to update any external library update your Gradle file from

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0'

to

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0'

this will give you access to

  <com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.ExtendedFloatingActionButton
        android:id="@+id/fab"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

then you can change its properties just like a normal button

Upvotes: 1

Gabriele Mariotti
Gabriele Mariotti

Reputation: 363825

With the Material Components Library you can use the shapeAppearanceOverlay:

<com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
    app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/fab_3_rounded"
    .../>

with:

<style name="fab_3_rounded">
    <item name="cornerFamily">rounded</item>
    <item name="cornerSize">50%</item>
    <item name="cornerSizeBottomLeft">0dp</item>
</style>

enter image description here

Upvotes: 24

JediBurrell
JediBurrell

Reputation: 1109

The FloatingActionButton provided by the support libraries can not be extended as the methods that would need to be replaced are set to private. Material Components (which is the official AndroidX replacement for the support library) has Shape Theming on the roadmap for ~October-December, which will let you do just that officially and easily (without having to extend the view).

But it's not available just yet, so in the meantime, I forked customFloatingActionButton by robertlevonyan, and with some slight modifications, it allows you to use your own custom shape. The source code is available here.

To add it to your project with Gradle, you'll need to use jitpack. You can add it like this:

allprojects {
   repositories {
       ...
       maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
   }
}

Then implement my fork:

implementation 'com.github.JediBurrell:customFloatingActionButton:-SNAPSHOT'

Next we'll create the shape, the one you created should work fine.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
    <corners
        android:topLeftRadius="@dimen/fab_circle_radius"
        android:topRightRadius="@dimen/fab_circle_radius"
        android:bottomRightRadius="@dimen/fab_circle_radius" />
    <solid android:color="@color/colorAccent" />
</shape>

Then finally add it to your layout (more FAB options are listed in the Github repo):

<com.jediburrell.customfab.FloatingActionButton
    android:id="@+id/floating_action_button"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom|right"
    android:layout_margin="16dp"
    app:fabType="custom"
    app:fabShape="@drawable/fab_teardrop"
    app:fabIcon="@drawable/ic_add_24dp"
    app:fabColor="@color/red" />

And here's how that looks:

Upvotes: 15

Saurabh Lalwani
Saurabh Lalwani

Reputation: 7

What you're looking for is changing the background of your button

android:background="@drawable/my_shape"

Upvotes: -2

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