How to draw a line in android

Question

Can anybody tell how to draw a line in Android, perhaps with an example?

Answer 1

To improve on the answers provided by @Janusz

I added this to my styles:

<style name="Divider">
    <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">1dp</item>
    <item name="android:background">?android:attr/listDivider</item>
</style>

Then in my layouts is less code and simpler to read.

<View style="@style/Divider"/>

if you want to do horizontal line spacing then do the above.

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And for vertical line between two Views you have to replace android:layout_width parameters(attributes) with android:layout_height

Answer 2

If you're working with ConstraintLayout you need to define at least 2 constraints for the line to show up. Like this:

<View
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="1dp"
        android:background="@android:color/black"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="@+id/someView1"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/someView2"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/someView3" />

Though I defined 3 constraints.

Answer 3

This one draws 2 lines which form a cross on the top left of the screen:

DrawView.java

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.view.View;

public class DrawView extends View {
    Paint paint = new Paint();

    private void init() {
        paint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
    }

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

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

    public DrawView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        init();
    }

    @Override
    public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
            canvas.drawLine(0, 0, 20, 20, paint);
            canvas.drawLine(20, 0, 0, 20, paint);
    }

}

The activity to start it:

StartDraw.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class StartDraw extends Activity {
    DrawView drawView;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        drawView = new DrawView(this);
        drawView.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
        setContentView(drawView);

    }
}

Answer 4

package com.example.helloandroid;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;

public class HelloAndroid2Activity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
DrawView drawView;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    drawView = new DrawView(this);
    drawView.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
    setContentView(drawView);
}
class DrawView extends View {
        Paint paint = new Paint();

        public DrawView(Context context) {
            super(context);
            paint.setColor(Color.BLUE);
        }
        @Override
        public void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
             super.onDraw(canvas);
                canvas.drawLine(10, 20, 30, 40, paint);
                canvas.drawLine(20, 10, 50, 20, paint);

        }
}
}

Answer 5

  final SurfaceView surf = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.surface_home);
                surf.setOnTouchListener( new SurfaceView.OnTouchListener(){
                    private boolean moving = false;//stupid state
                    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                        switch( event.getAction() ){
                        case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                            final int x = (int)event.getX();
                            final int y = (int)event.getY();
                            final Rect bounds = mTiles.getBounds();
                            moving = bounds.intersects(x, y, x+1, y+1);
                            return true;
                        case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                            if( moving ){
                                final int x_new = (int)event.getX();
                                final int y_new = (int)event.getY();
                                mDrawTiles.draw( new DrawLogic(){
                                    public void draw(Rect _surface) {
                                        mTiles.setBounds(
                                            x_new - mDrawWidth/2,
                                            y_new - mDrawHeight/2,
                                            x_new + mDrawWidth/2,
                                            y_new + mDrawHeight/2);
                                        }
                                    });

Answer 6

Simple one

 <TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="1dp"
    android:background="#c0c0c0"
    android:id="@+id/your_id"
    android:layout_marginTop="160dp" />