How to make an ImageView with rounded corners?

Question

In Android, an ImageView is a rectangle by default. How can I make it a rounded rectangle (clip off all 4 corners of my Bitmap to be rounded rectangles) in the ImageView?

Answer 1

Props to George Walters II above, I just took his answer and extended it a bit to support rounding individual corners differently. This could be optimized a bit further (some of the target rects overlap), but not a whole lot.

I know this thread is a bit old, but its one of the top results for queries on Google for how to round corners of ImageViews on Android.

/**
 * Use this method to scale a bitmap and give it specific rounded corners.
 * @param context Context object used to ascertain display density.
 * @param bitmap The original bitmap that will be scaled and have rounded corners applied to it.
 * @param upperLeft Corner radius for upper left.
 * @param upperRight Corner radius for upper right.
 * @param lowerRight Corner radius for lower right.
 * @param lowerLeft Corner radius for lower left.
 * @param endWidth Width to which to scale original bitmap.
 * @param endHeight Height to which to scale original bitmap.
 * @return Scaled bitmap with rounded corners.
 */
public static Bitmap getRoundedCornerBitmap(Context context, Bitmap bitmap, float upperLeft,
        float upperRight, float lowerRight, float lowerLeft, int endWidth,
        int endHeight) {
    float densityMultiplier = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density;

    // scale incoming bitmap to appropriate px size given arguments and display dpi
    bitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, 
            Math.round(endWidth * densityMultiplier),
            Math.round(endHeight * densityMultiplier), true);

    // create empty bitmap for drawing
    Bitmap output = Bitmap.createBitmap(
            Math.round(endWidth * densityMultiplier),
            Math.round(endHeight * densityMultiplier), Config.ARGB_8888);

    // get canvas for empty bitmap
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(output);
    int width = canvas.getWidth();
    int height = canvas.getHeight();

    // scale the rounded corners appropriately given dpi
    upperLeft *= densityMultiplier;
    upperRight *= densityMultiplier;
    lowerRight *= densityMultiplier;
    lowerLeft *= densityMultiplier;

    Paint paint = new Paint();
    paint.setAntiAlias(true);
    paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);

    // fill the canvas with transparency
    canvas.drawARGB(0, 0, 0, 0);

    // draw the rounded corners around the image rect. clockwise, starting in upper left.
    canvas.drawCircle(upperLeft, upperLeft, upperLeft, paint);
    canvas.drawCircle(width - upperRight, upperRight, upperRight, paint);
    canvas.drawCircle(width - lowerRight, height - lowerRight, lowerRight, paint);
    canvas.drawCircle(lowerLeft, height - lowerLeft, lowerLeft, paint);

    // fill in all the gaps between circles. clockwise, starting at top.
    RectF rectT = new RectF(upperLeft, 0, width - upperRight, height / 2);
    RectF rectR = new RectF(width / 2, upperRight, width, height - lowerRight);
    RectF rectB = new RectF(lowerLeft, height / 2, width - lowerRight, height);
    RectF rectL = new RectF(0, upperLeft, width / 2, height - lowerLeft);

    canvas.drawRect(rectT, paint);
    canvas.drawRect(rectR, paint);
    canvas.drawRect(rectB, paint);
    canvas.drawRect(rectL, paint);

    // set up the rect for the image
    Rect imageRect = new Rect(0, 0, width, height);

    // set up paint object such that it only paints on Color.WHITE
    paint.setXfermode(new AvoidXfermode(Color.WHITE, 255, AvoidXfermode.Mode.TARGET));

    // draw resized bitmap onto imageRect in canvas, using paint as configured above
    canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, imageRect, imageRect, paint);

    return output;
}