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rachana
rachana

Reputation: 221

how to add border to a text in textview android

In Android, how can you add a border around a text? I want a border around the text in TextView not around the TextView.Is there any way to do it in? If so, please point me to the proper steps needed to do..

Upvotes: 19

Views: 24529

Answers (4)

Silambarasan Poonguti
Silambarasan Poonguti

Reputation: 9442

Try this..

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/hello_world"
    android:textColor="#f8f36a"
    android:textSize="65sp"
    android:shadowColor="#ff0000" 
    android:shadowRadius="2"/>

and the result is

result

You can create custom border for text like this..Here is a sample application.

enter image description here

Upvotes: 32

Sukan
Sukan

Reputation: 346

You can use any TextEditors to create a border for ur text and you can add to the code

Upvotes: -4

Niranj Patel
Niranj Patel

Reputation: 33238

You can create style for this..

Here is sample style for borderline on text..

Style.xml

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 <style name="shadoweffect">
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">4px</item>
        <item name="android:paddingBottom">4px</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">25sp</item>
        <item name="android:shadowColor">#000000</item>
        <item name="android:shadowDx">0</item>
        <item name="android:shadowDy">0</item>
        <item name="android:shadowRadius">3</item>
    </style>

</resources>

Apply style on your TextView

 <TextView
      style="@style/shadoweffect"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="your_text" />

Upvotes: 19

lulumeya
lulumeya

Reputation: 1628

Android does not have such feature originally. A few months ago, I had to develop a similar feature, and I used some trick. In that case I used the shadow attribute. In your case on TextView.onDraw() call super() two times. Set the typeface to bold and set the color to border color and call one time, and set normal and call second time. That will work.

Upvotes: 6

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