How to make a view with rounded corners?

Question

I am trying to make a view in android with rounded edges. The solution I found so far is to define a shape with rounded corners and use it as the background of that view.

Answer 1

In Android L you will be able to just use View.setClipToOutline to get that effect. In previous versions there is no way to just clip the contents of a random ViewGroup in a certain shape.

You will have to think of something that would give you a similar effect:

• If you only need rounded corners in the ImageView, you can use a shader to 'paint' the image over the shape you are using as background. Take a look at this library for an example.

• If you really need every children to be clipped, maybe you can another view over your layout? One with a background of whatever color you are using, and a round 'hole' in the middle? You could actually create a custom ViewGroup that draws that shape over every children overriding the onDraw method.

Answer 2

Difference from Jaap van Hengstum's answer:

1. Use BitmapShader instead of mask bitmap.
2. Create bitmap only once.

public class RoundedFrameLayout extends FrameLayout {
    private Bitmap mOffscreenBitmap;
    private Canvas mOffscreenCanvas;
    private BitmapShader mBitmapShader;
    private Paint mPaint;
    private RectF mRectF;

    public RoundedFrameLayout(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init();
    }

    public RoundedFrameLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init();
    }

    public RoundedFrameLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        init();
    }

    private void init() {
        setWillNotDraw(false);
    }

    @Override
    public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
        if (mOffscreenBitmap == null) {
            mOffscreenBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
            mOffscreenCanvas = new Canvas(mOffscreenBitmap);
            mBitmapShader = new BitmapShader(mOffscreenBitmap, Shader.TileMode.CLAMP, Shader.TileMode.CLAMP);
            mPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
            mPaint.setShader(mBitmapShader);
            mRectF = new RectF(0f, 0f, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
        }
        super.draw(mOffscreenCanvas);

        canvas.drawRoundRect(mRectF, 8, 8, mPaint);
    }
}

Answer 3

Or you can use a android.support.v7.widget.CardView like so:

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    card_view:cardBackgroundColor="@color/white"
    card_view:cardCornerRadius="4dp">

    <!--YOUR CONTENT-->
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Answer 4

Create a xml file under your drawable folder with following code. (The name of the file I created is rounded_corner.xml)

rounded_corner.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <shape
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:shape="rectangle">

        <!-- view background color -->
        <solid
            android:color="#a9c5ac" >
        </solid>

        <!-- view border color and width -->
        <stroke
            android:width="3dp"
            android:color="#1c1b20" >
        </stroke>

        <!-- If you want to add some padding -->
        <padding
            android:left="4dp"
            android:top="4dp"
            android:right="4dp"
            android:bottom="4dp"    >
        </padding>

        <!-- Here is the corner radius -->
        <corners
            android:radius="10dp"   >
        </corners>
    </shape>

And keep this drawable as background for the view to which you want to keep rounded corner border. Let’s keep it for a LinearLayout

    <LinearLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/rounded_corner"
            android:layout_centerInParent="true">

            <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Hi, This layout has rounded corner borders ..."
                android:gravity="center"
                android:padding="5dp"/>

    </LinearLayout>

Answer 5

The CardView worked for me in API 27 in Android Studio 3.0.1. The colorPrimary was referenced in the res/values/colors.xml file and is just an example. For the layout_width of 0dp it will stretch to the width of the parent. You'll have to configure the constraints and width/height to your needs.

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    android:id="@+id/cardView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:cardCornerRadius="4dp"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/colorPrimary">

    <!-- put your content here -->

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Answer 6

Use shape in xml with rectangle.set the property of bottom or upper radius as want.then apply that xml as background to ur view....or...use gradients to do it from code.