how to set colored border on cardview

Question

I am implementing card view but I can\'t find any border option to set a border on it.

here is my card.xml:

Answer 1

Started from v28 design support library we can use Material Card View, which provides us with a material styled cardview implementation out of the box.

<android.support.design.card.MaterialCardView
    android:layout_width="100dp"
    android:layout_height="100dp"
    android:layout_margin="10dp">
    ... child views ...
</android.support.design.card.MaterialCardView>

You can further style the cardview by using two of the attributes that come with it:

• app:strokeColor - The colour to be used for the given stroke, this must be set in order to display a stroke
• app:strokeWidth - The width to be applied to the stroke of the view

Answer 2

here is the solution for your problem:

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
   <solid android:color="#ffffff" />
   <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#00ff00"/>
   <corners android:radius="20dip"/>
</shape>

use it as background drawable of your layout

Answer 3

Create drawable selector.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="#808080"/>
    <stroke android:width="3dp" android:color="#B1BCBE" />
    <corners android:radius="20dp"/>
    <padding android:left="0dp" android:top="0dp"
             android:right="0dp" android:bottom="0dp" />
</shape>      

then give set this as a background, change color according your choice

Answer 4

Just use the MaterialCardView with the app:strokeColor and app:strokeWidth attributes.

Note that without an app:strokeColor, the card will not render a stroked border, regardless of the app:strokeWidth value (the default values are app:strokeColor=@null and app:strokeWidth=0dp).

Something like:

<com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
    ...
    app:strokeWidth="1dp"
    app:strokeColor="@color/stroke_color"
    app:cardElevation="xxdp">

    ...

</com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>

Answer 5

Though the question is very old, it may help others who face this problem. Just add the new MDC library in build.gradle

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.0-alpha05' 

then in your layout add MaterialCardView

<com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    style="@style/CardViewStyle"
    app:strokeColor="@color/your_color"
    app:strokeWidth="@dimen/_1sdp">

</com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>

in style.xml

<style name="CardViewStyle" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.CardView">
    <item name="cardBackgroundColor">@color/white</item>
    <item name="cardForegroundColor">@color/transparent</item>
    <item name="cardElevation">0dp</item>
    <item name="rippleColor">@color/colorRipple</item>
</style>

Answer 6

I did this a little simpler by making the cardBackgroundColor green and contentPadding 1dp and inside the card having a ConstraintLayout (or other layout) with a white background, like this:

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/colorAccent"
        app:contentPadding="1dp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">

        <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@android:color/white"
            android:padding="8dp">

    ...

This way no extra xml or other superfluous code is needed.

Result: