Transparent circle with border

Question

I am trying to create a circle with only a border using XML in android:

Answer 1

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

        <gradient
            android:endColor="@android:color/transparent"
            android:gradientRadius="20"
            android:startColor="@android:color/transparent" />

        <stroke
            android:width="1dp"
            android:color="#d9d9d9" />

        <size
            android:height="100dp"
            android:width="100dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>

    <item
        android:bottom="1dp"
        android:left="1dp"
        android:right="1dp"
        android:top="1dp">
        <shape android:shape="oval" >

            <gradient
                android:endColor="@android:color/transparent"
                android:gradientRadius="20"
                android:startColor="@android:color/transparent" />

            <stroke
                android:width="1dp"
                android:color="#b3b3b3" />

            <size
                android:height="100dp"
                android:width="100dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Answer 2

Hollow

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:shape="oval">
        <stroke
            android:width="1dp"
            android:color="@color/indicator_unselected" />
    </shape>

Full

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="oval">
    <corners android:radius="100dp" />
    <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />
</shape>

Answer 3

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="oval" >

            <stroke
                android:width="4dp"
                android:color="@color/colorPrimaryDark" />
            <corners android:radius="0dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item
        android:top="1dp"
        android:bottom="1dp"
        android:left="1dp"
        android:right="1dp">

        <shape android:shape="oval">
            <solid android:color="@color/colorRed" />
            <size android:height="@dimen/_100sdp"
                android:width="@dimen/_100sdp"></size>
        </shape>

    </item>

</layer-list>

Answer 4

If you set the color to #00000000, the result will be transparent. You would want to do it this way if you wanted to change it in the future of development. If you wanted it to be red and partially transparent for example, it would be #ff000088 The last two numbers are the opacity. I do it this way to make future changes easier.

Answer 5

Try something like this

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:innerRadius="0dp"
    android:shape="ring"
    android:thicknessRatio="2"
    android:useLevel="false" >
    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />

    <stroke
        android:width="2dp"
        android:color="@android:color/darker_gray" />
</shape>

Update: made android:thicknessRatio="2" to give full circle (using Nexus 5 - Lollipop)

Answer 6

use this it will work

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

<gradient
    android:centerX=".6"
    android:centerY=".40"
    android:endColor="@android:color/transparent"
    android:gradientRadius="20"
    android:startColor="@android:color/transparent"
    android:type="radial" />

<stroke
    android:width="1dp"
    android:color="#FFFFFF" />

<size
    android:height="100dp"
    android:width="100dp" />

</shape>