[android] How to add border around linear layout except at the bottom?

How to add border around linear layout except at the bottom ? LinearLayout needs to have border at left, top and right side but not at the bottom.

Save this xml and add as a background for the linear layout....

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> 
    <stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF00FF00" /> 
    <solid android:color="#ffffff" /> 
    <padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp" 
            android:right="7dp" android:bottom="0dp" /> 
    <corners android:radius="4dp" /> 
</shape>

Hope this helps! :)

Kenny is right, just want to clear some things out.

1. Create the file border.xml and put it in the folder res/drawable/

2. add the code

   <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> 
      <stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF00FF00" /> 
      <solid android:color="#ffffff" /> 
      <padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp" 
           android:right="7dp" android:bottom="0dp" /> 
      <corners android:radius="4dp" /> 
   </shape>
   

3. set back ground like android:background="@drawable/border" wherever you want the border

Mine first didn't work cause i put the border.xml in the wrong folder!

Here is a Github link to a lightweight and very easy to integrate library that enables you to play with borders as you want for any widget you want, simply based on a FrameLayout widget.

Here is a quick sample code for you to see how easy it is, but you will find more information on the link.

<com.khandelwal.library.view.BorderFrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            app:leftBorderColor="#00F0F0"
            app:leftBorderWidth="10dp"
            app:topBorderColor="#F0F000"
            app:topBorderWidth="15dp"
            app:rightBorderColor="#F000F0"
            app:rightBorderWidth="20dp"
            app:bottomBorderColor="#000000"
            app:bottomBorderWidth="25dp" >
    </com.khandelwal.library.view.BorderFrameLayout>

So, if you don't want borders on bottom, delete the two lines about bottom in this custom widget, and that's done.

And no, I'm neither the author of this library nor one of his friend ;-)