Style bottom Line in Android

Question

I need to create an android shape so that only the bottom has stroke (a dashed line). When I try the following, the stroke bisects the shape right through the center. Does a

Answer 1

A Simple solution :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:bottom="-1dp"
        android:left="-1dp"
        android:right="-1dp"
        android:top="-1dp">

        <shape android:shape="rectangle">

            <solid android:color="#AARRGGBB" />

            <stroke
                android:width="5dp"
                android:color="@android:color/red"
                android:dashWidth="10dp"
                android:dashGap="12dp" />

        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

And finally we have something like that :)

Answer 2

use this xml change the color with your choice.

<item>
    <layer-list>
        <item>
            <shape>
                <solid android:color="@color/gray_500" />

            </shape>
        </item>
        <!-- CONTENT LAYER -->
        <item android:bottom="2dp" >
            <shape>
                <solid android:color="#ffffff" />
            </shape>
        </item>
    </layer-list>
</item>

In Case if you want programmatically

public static Drawable getStorkLineDrawable(@ColorInt int colorStrok, int    iSize, int left, int top, int right, int bottom)

{
    GradientDrawable gradientDrawable = new GradientDrawable();
    gradientDrawable.setShape(GradientDrawable.RECTANGLE);
    gradientDrawable.setStroke(iSize, colorStrok);
    LayerDrawable layerDrawable = new LayerDrawable(new Drawable[]{gradientDrawable});
    layerDrawable.setLayerInset(0, left, top, right, bottom);
    return layerDrawable;
}

call this method like

  Drawable yourLineDrawable=  getStorkLineDrawable(yourColor, iSize, -iSize, -iSize, -iSize, 0);

Answer 3

This does the trick...

<item >
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="#YOUR_BOTTOM_LINE_COLOR"/>
    </shape>
</item>

<item android:bottom="1.5dp">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="#YOUR_BG_COLOR"/>
    </shape>
</item>

Answer 4

it is completely transparent Edittext with transparent background.

<item>
    <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
        <solid android:color="@color/transparent" />
    </shape>
</item>

<item android:top="-3dp" android:right="-3dp" android:left="-3dp">
    <shape>
        <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />
        <stroke

            android:width="2dp"
            android:color="@color/bottomline" />
    </shape>
</item>

Answer 5

This worked best for me:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:top="-5dp" android:left="-5dp" android:right="-5dp" android:bottom="0dp">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#ff0000"/>
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Shows the line on the bottom only. You can easily change with stroke width to size you like and also update the top, left, right on the accordingly.

Answer 6

This answer is for those google searchers who want to show dotted bottom border of EditText like here

Create dotted.xml inside drawable folder and paste these

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:bottom="1dp"
        android:left="-2dp"
        android:right="-2dp"
        android:top="-2dp">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <stroke
                android:width="0.5dp"
                android:color="@android:color/black" />    
            <solid android:color="#ffffff" />
            <stroke
                android:width="1dp"
                android:color="#030310"
                android:dashGap="5dp"
                android:dashWidth="5dp" />
            <padding
                android:bottom="5dp"
                android:left="5dp"
                android:right="5dp"
                android:top="5dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Then simply set the android:background attribute to dotted.xml we just created. Your EditText looks like this.

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Some Text"
    android:background="@drawable/dotted" />