Android: Change center of linear GradientDrawable via code

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i m freaking out. all i just want to do, is setting a linear GradientDrawable, which changes the vertical center of the

Answer 1

The lacking ability to set the center programmatically for linear GradientDrawables is a registered issue already.

But there is a workaround described here. Basically, you should create a PaintDrawable from a LinearGradient and set it as your view's background drawable. Following this solution, you can set the center in your LinearGradient constructor by mapping the colors to the positions array:

float[] positions

May be null. The relative positions [0..1] of each corresponding color in the colors array. If this is null, the colors are distributed evenly along the gradient line.

(not tested, but it should do the trick for you)