How can I create a border around an Android LinearLayout

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I have one big layout  and one smaller layout inside of it   How do I create a line border around the small layout

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Try this   For example  let s define res drawable my custom background xml as    create this layout in your drawable folder  layout border xml     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt item gt           lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt               lt stroke android width  2dp  android height  2dp                  android color   FF0000    gt               lt solid android color   000000    gt               lt padding android left  1dp  android top  1dp  android right  1dp                  android bottom  1dp    gt                lt corners android radius  1dp  android bottomRightRadius  5dp                  android bottomLeftRadius  0dp  android topLeftRadius  5dp                  android topRightRadius  0dp    gt           lt  shape gt       lt  item gt    lt  layer-list gt    main xml   lt LinearLayout      android layout gravity  center      android layout width  200dp       android layout height  200dp         android background   drawable layout border    gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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Sure  You can add a border to any layout you want  Basically  you need to create a custom drawable and add it as a background to your layout  example   Create a file called customborder xml in your drawable folder    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt    lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android shape  rectangle  gt      lt corners android radius  20dp   gt       lt padding android left  10dp  android right  10dp  android top  10dp  android bottom  10dp   gt      lt stroke android width  1dp  android color   CCCCCC   gt    lt  shape gt    Now apply it as a background to your smaller layout    lt LinearLayout android orientation  vertical      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent      android background   drawable customborder  gt    That should do the trick   Also see    http   tekeye biz 2012 add-a-border-to-an-android-layout How to add border around linear layout except at the bottom

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This solution will only add the border  the body of the LinearLayout will be transparent   First  Create this border drawable in the drawable folder  border xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android   http   schemas android com apk res android      android shape  rectangle  gt       lt stroke android width  2dp  android color   ec0606   gt       lt corners android radius  10dp   gt   lt  shape gt    Then  in your LinearLayout View  add the border xml as the background like this   lt LinearLayout      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical      android background   drawable border  gt

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Create a one xml file in drawable folder      lt stroke     android width  2dp      android color   B40404    gt    lt padding     android bottom  5dp      android left  5dp      android right  5dp      android top  5dp    gt    lt corners android radius  4dp    gt      Now call this xml to your small layout background  android background   drawable yourxml

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Creat XML called border xml in drawable folder as below     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt    lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt     lt item gt        lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt         lt solid android color   FF0000    gt        lt  shape gt     lt  item gt          lt item android left  5dp  android right  5dp   android top  5dp   gt          lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt          lt solid android color   000000    gt       lt  shape gt      lt  item gt        lt  layer-list gt    then add this to linear layout as backgound as this        android background   drawable border

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Try This in your res drawable      lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot UTF-8 quot   gt  lt layer-list xmlns android  quot http   schemas android com apk res android quot  gt   lt item gt     lt shape     android shape  quot rectangle quot  gt       lt padding android left  quot 15dp quot          android right  quot 15dp quot          android top  quot 15dp quot          android bottom  quot 15dp quot   gt       lt stroke android width  quot 10dp quot          android color  quot  color colorPrimary quot   gt     lt  shape gt   lt  item gt  lt item android left  quot -5dp quot          android right  quot -5dp quot          android top  quot -5dp quot          android bottom  quot -5dp quot  gt     lt shape android shape  quot rectangle quot  gt       lt solid android color  quot  color background quot    gt     lt  shape gt  lt  item gt  lt  layer-list gt

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I ll add Android docs link to other answers   https   developer android com guide topics resources drawable-resource html Shape  It describes all attributes of the Shape Drawable and stroke among them to set the border   Example    lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android shape  rectangle  gt     lt stroke android width  1dp  android color   F00   gt     lt solid android color   0000   gt   lt  shape gt    Red border with transparent background

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Don t want to create a drawable resource      lt FrameLayout     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android background   android color black      android minHeight  128dp  gt        lt FrameLayout       android layout width  match parent        android layout height  match parent        android layout margin  1dp        android background   android color white  gt          lt TextView       gt       lt  FrameLayout gt     lt  FrameLayout gt

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you can do it Pragmatically also      GradientDrawable gradientDrawable new GradientDrawable       gradientDrawable setStroke 4 getResources   getColor R color line Input      Then set the background of layout as    LinearLayout layout    LinearLayout   findViewById R id ayout   layout  setBackground gradientDrawable

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