Nested shapes in Android

Question

I am trying to draw a shape that has three rectangular shapes:

1. solid color
2. gradient
3. white line

How do I do that?

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Answer 1

If you're going to look into using multiple shapes, you should try a LayerListDrawable. Something like this works for me, but only for your example height of 60px. You may have to modify it to suit your needs exactly, but this should get you a good start:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <gradient
            android:angle="270"
            android:endColor="#ff16c0e3"
            android:startColor="#ff297baf"
            android:type="linear" />
    </shape>
</item>
<item android:top="57px">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <solid android:color="#FFFFFFFF" />
        <size android:height="3px" />
    </shape>
</item>