Draw rectangle with XML shape settings in Android

Question

I\'ve got a problem which I don\'t know how to solve. Please, help me if you can. In my app I have to create a custom view extended View. In this view I should draw a lot of

Answer 1

You can load and use the XML defined drawable from code like so:

public class CustomView extends View {

    Drawable shape;

    public CustomView(Context context) {
        super(context);
        shape = context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.shape);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);

        shape.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
        shape.draw(canvas)
    }

    // ... Additional methods omitted for brevity

}