How do I put a border around an Android textview

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Is it possible to draw a border around a textview

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I was just looking at a similar answer-- it s able to be done with a Stroke and the following override    Override public void draw Canvas canvas  MapView mapView  boolean shadow     Paint strokePaint   new Paint    strokePaint setARGB 255  0  0  0   strokePaint setTextAlign Paint Align CENTER   strokePaint setTextSize 16   strokePaint setTypeface Typeface DEFAULT BOLD   strokePaint setStyle Paint Style STROKE   strokePaint setStrokeWidth 2    Paint textPaint   new Paint    textPaint setARGB 255  255  255  255   textPaint setTextAlign Paint Align CENTER   textPaint setTextSize 16   textPaint setTypeface Typeface DEFAULT BOLD    canvas drawText  Some Text   100  100  strokePaint   canvas drawText  Some Text   100  100  textPaint    super draw canvas  mapView  shadow

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The simple way is to add a view for your TextView  Example for the bottom border line    lt LinearLayout android orientation  vertical                android layout width  fill parent                android layout height  fill parent  gt       lt TextView         android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android layout marginTop  10dp          android layout marginLeft  10dp          android text   string title          android id    id title label          android gravity  center vertical   gt       lt View         android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  0 2dp          android id    id separator          android visibility  visible          android background   android color darker gray   gt    lt  LinearLayout gt    For the other direction borders  please adjust the location of the separator view

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Create a border view with the background color as the color of the border and size of your text view  set border view padding as the width of the border  Set text view background color as the color you want for the text view  Now add your text view inside the border view

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You can create custom background for your text view  Steps 1  Go to your project  2  Go to resources and right click to drawable  3  Click on New -  Drawable Resource File 4  Give name to you file 5  Paste following code in the file   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt   lt stroke android width  1dp  android color   color colorBlack    gt   lt padding android left  1dp      android top  1dp      android right  1dp      android bottom  1dp    gt   lt corners android radius  6dp    gt   lt solid android color   ffffffff    gt       For your text view where you want to use it as backgroud   android background   drawable your fileName

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Try this    lt shape gt       lt solid android color   color txt white   gt       lt stroke android width  1dip  android color   color border black   gt   lt  shape gt

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I have a way to do it very simply  and I d like to share it    When I want to square mi TextViews  I just put them in a LinearLayout  I set the background color of my LinearLayout  and I add a margin to my TextView  The result is exactly as if you square the TextView

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There are a lot of ways to add a border to a textView  The simplest one is by creating a custom drawable and setting it as      android background   drawable textview bg  for your textView   The textview bg xml will go under Drawables and can be something like this  You can have a solid or a gradient background  or nothing if not required   corners to add a corner radius and stroke to add border   textview bg 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 corners             android radius   dimen dp 10   gt            lt gradient             android angle  225              android endColor   FFFFFF              android startColor   E0E0E0    gt            lt stroke             android width  2dp              android color   000000   gt        lt  shape gt

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lt View     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  2dp      android background   android color black    gt    this code enough you can place wherever you want

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This may help you    lt RelativeLayout     android id    id textbox      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android layout centerHorizontal  true      android layout centerVertical  true      android background   android color darker gray   gt        lt TextView         android id    id text          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android layout centerHorizontal  true          android layout centerVertical  true          android layout margin  3dp          android background   android color white          android gravity  center          android text   string app name          android textSize  20dp    gt    lt  RelativeLayout

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Check the link below to make rounded corners http   androidcookbook com Recipe seam recipeId 2318  The drawable folder  under res  in an Android project is not restricted to bitmaps  PNG or JPG files   but it can also hold shapes defined in XML files   These shapes can then be reused in the project  A shape can be used to put a border around a layout  This example shows a rectangular border with curved corners  A new file called customborder xml is created in the drawable folder  in Eclipse use the File menu and select New then File  with the drawable folder selected type in the file name and click Finish    The XML defining the border shape is entered    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 solid android color   CCCCCC   gt   lt  shape gt    The attribute android shape is set to rectangle  shape files also support oval  line  and ring   Rectangle is the default value  so this attribute could be left out if it is a rectangle being defined  See the Android documentation on shapes at http   developer android com guide topics resources drawable-resource html Shape for detailed information on a shape file   The element corners sets the rectangle corners to be rounded  It is possible to set a different radius on each corner  see the Android reference    The padding attributes are used to move the contents of the View to which the shape is applied  to prevent the contents overlapping the border   The border color here is set to a light gray  CCCCCC hexadecimal RGB value    Shapes also support gradients  but that is not being used here  Again  see the Android resources to see how a gradient is defined  The shape is applied to the laypout using android background   drawable customborder    Within the layout other views can be added as normal  In this example  a single TextView has been added  and the text is white  FFFFFF hexadecimal RGB   The background is set to blue  plus some transparency to reduce the brightness  A00000FF hexadecimal alpha RGB value   Finally the layout is offset from the screen edge by placing it into another layout with a small amount of padding  The full layout file is thus    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android                android orientation  vertical                android layout width  fill parent                android layout height  fill parent                android padding  5dp  gt       lt LinearLayout android orientation  vertical                    android layout width  fill parent                    android layout height  fill parent                    android background   drawable customborder  gt           lt TextView android layout width  fill parent                  android layout height  fill parent                  android text  Text View                  android textSize  20dp                  android textColor   FFFFFF                  android gravity  center horizontal                  android background   A00000FF    gt       lt  LinearLayout gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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Let me summarize a few different  non-programmatic  methods   Using a shape drawable  Save the following as an XML file in your drawable folder  for example  my 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  -- View background color -- gt       lt solid         android color   color background color   gt       lt  solid gt        lt  -- View border color and width -- gt       lt stroke         android width  1dp          android color   color border color   gt       lt  stroke gt        lt  -- The radius makes the corners rounded -- gt       lt corners         android radius  2dp     gt       lt  corners gt    lt  shape gt    Then just set it as the background to your TextView    lt TextView     android id    id textview1      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android background   drawable my border    gt    More help    Shape Drawable  Android docs  Android Developer Tips  amp  Tricks   XML Drawables  Part I    Using a 9-patch  A 9-patch is a stretchable background image  If you make an image with a border then it will give your TextView a border  All you need to do is make the image and then set it to the background in your TextView    lt TextView     android id    id textview1      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android background   drawable my ninepatch image    gt    Here are some links that will show how to make a 9-patch image    Draw 9-patch Simple Nine-patch Generator A simple guide to 9-patch for Android UI Creating  amp  Using 9-patch images in Android   What if I just want the top border   Using a layer-list  You can use a layer list to stack two rectangles on top of each other  By making the second rectangle just a little smaller than the first rectangle  you can make a border effect  The first  lower  rectangle is the border color and the second rectangle is the background color    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt        lt  -- Lower rectangle  border color  -- gt       lt item gt           lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt               lt solid android color   color border color    gt           lt  shape gt       lt  item gt        lt  -- Upper rectangle  background color  -- gt       lt item android top  2dp  gt           lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt               lt solid android color   color background color    gt           lt  shape gt       lt  item gt   lt  layer-list gt    Setting android top  2dp  offsets the top  makes it smaller  by 2dp  This allows the first  lower  rectangle to show through  giving a border effect  You can apply this to the TextView background the same way that the shape drawable was done above   Here are some more links about layer lists    Understanding Android  39 s  lt layer-list gt  How to make bottom border in drawable shape XML selector  Create borders on a android view in drawable xml  on 3 sides    Using a 9-patch  You can just make a 9-patch image with a single border  Everything else is the same as discussed above   Using a View  This is kind of a trick but it works well if you need to add a seperator between two views or a border to a single TextView    lt LinearLayout     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical   gt        lt TextView         android id    id textview1          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content    gt        lt  -- This adds a border between the TextViews -- gt       lt View         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  2dp          android background   android color black    gt        lt TextView         android id    id textview2          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt    Here are some more links    How to draw a line in Android How to put a horizontal divisor line between edit text  39 s in a activity How to add a horizontal 1px line above image view in a relative layout

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You can set the border by two methods  One is by drawable and the second is programmatic   Using Drawable   lt shape gt       lt solid android color   color txt white   gt       lt stroke android width  1dip  android color   color border gray   gt       lt corners android bottomLeftRadius  10dp               android bottomRightRadius  0dp               android topLeftRadius  10dp               android topRightRadius  0dp   gt       lt padding android bottom  0dip               android left  0dip               android right  0dip               android top  0dip   gt   lt  shape gt      Programmatic    public static GradientDrawable backgroundWithoutBorder int color         GradientDrawable gdDefault   new GradientDrawable        gdDefault setColor color       gdDefault setCornerRadii new float     radius  radius  0  0  0  0                                             radius  radius         return gdDefault

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Here is my  simple  helper class which returns an ImageView with the border  Just drop this in your utils folder  and call it like this   ImageView selectionBorder   BorderDrawer generateBorderImageView context  borderWidth  borderHeight  thickness  Color Blue     Here is the code          Because creating a border is Rocket Science in Android      public class BorderDrawer       public static ImageView generateBorderImageView Context context  int borderWidth  int borderHeight  int borderThickness  int color                ImageView mask   new ImageView context               Create the square to serve as the mask         Bitmap squareMask   Bitmap createBitmap borderWidth -  borderThickness 2   borderHeight -  borderThickness 2   Bitmap Config ARGB 8888           Canvas canvas   new Canvas squareMask            Paint paint   new Paint            paint setStyle Paint Style FILL           paint setColor color           canvas drawRect 0 0f  0 0f   float borderWidth   float borderHeight  paint               Create the darkness bitmap         Bitmap solidColor   Bitmap createBitmap borderWidth  borderHeight  Bitmap Config ARGB 8888           canvas   new Canvas solidColor            paint setStyle Paint Style FILL           paint setColor color           canvas drawRect 0 0f  0 0f  borderWidth  borderHeight  paint               Create the masked version of the darknessView         Bitmap borderBitmap   Bitmap createBitmap borderWidth  borderHeight  Bitmap Config ARGB 8888           canvas   new Canvas borderBitmap            Paint clearPaint   new Paint            clearPaint setXfermode new PorterDuffXfermode PorterDuff Mode CLEAR             canvas drawBitmap solidColor  0  0  null           canvas drawBitmap squareMask  borderThickness  borderThickness  clearPaint            clearPaint setXfermode null            ImageView borderView   new ImageView context           borderView setImageBitmap borderBitmap            return borderView

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You can add something like this in your code    lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android         android shape  rectangle   gt       lt solid android color   ffffff    gt       lt stroke android width  1dip  android color   4fa5d5   gt   lt  shape gt

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Simplest solution I ve found  and which actually works     lt TextView             android background   android drawable editbox background    gt

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Changing Konstantin Burov answer because not work in my case    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt selector xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt item gt           lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt               lt solid android color   android color white    gt               lt stroke android width  2dip  android color   4fa5d5   gt               lt corners android radius  7dp   gt           lt  shape gt       lt  item gt   lt  selector gt    compileSdkVersion 26  Android 8 0   minSdkVersion 21  Android 5 0   targetSdkVersion 26  implementation  com android support appcompat-v7 26 1 0   gradle 4 1

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I have solved this issue by extending the textview and drawing a border manually  I even added so you can select if a border is dotted or dashed   public class BorderedTextView extends TextView           private Paint paint   new Paint            public static final int BORDER TOP   0x00000001          public static final int BORDER RIGHT   0x00000002          public static final int BORDER BOTTOM   0x00000004          public static final int BORDER LEFT   0x00000008           private Border   borders           public BorderedTextView Context context  AttributeSet attrs  int defStyle                super context  attrs  defStyle               init                       public BorderedTextView Context context  AttributeSet attrs                super context  attrs               init                       public BorderedTextView Context context                super context               init                      private void init                paint setStyle Paint Style STROKE               paint setColor Color BLACK               paint setStrokeWidth 4                              Override         protected void onDraw Canvas canvas                super onDraw canvas               if borders    null  return               for Border border   borders                   paint setColor border getColor                     paint setStrokeWidth border getWidth                      if border getStyle      BORDER TOP                       canvas drawLine 0  0  getWidth    0  paint                                     else                 if border getStyle      BORDER RIGHT                       canvas drawLine getWidth    0  getWidth    getHeight    paint                     else                 if border getStyle      BORDER BOTTOM                       canvas drawLine 0  getHeight    getWidth    getHeight    paint                     else                 if border getStyle      BORDER LEFT                       canvas drawLine 0  0  0  getHeight    paint                                                      public Border   getBorders                 return borders                     public void setBorders Border   borders                this borders   borders                And the border class   public class Border       private int orientation      private int width      private int color   Color BLACK      private int style      public int getWidth             return width            public void setWidth int width            this width   width            public int getColor             return color            public void setColor int color            this color   color            public int getStyle             return style            public void setStyle int style            this style   style            public int getOrientation             return orientation            public void setOrientation int orientation            this orientation   orientation            public Border int Style            this style   Style            Hope this helps someone

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With the Material Components Library you can use the MaterialShapeDrawable       lt TextView         android id  quot   id textview quot               gt   Then you can programmatically apply a MaterialShapeDrawable      TextView textView   findViewById R id textview       MaterialShapeDrawable shapeDrawable   new MaterialShapeDrawable        shapeDrawable setFillColor ContextCompat getColorStateList this android R color transparent        shapeDrawable setStroke 1 0f  ContextCompat getColor this R color            ViewCompat setBackground textView shapeDrawable

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Actually  it is very simple  If you want a simple black rectangle behind the Textview  just add android background   android color black  within the TextView tags  Like this    lt TextView     android textSize  15pt  android textColor   ffa7ff04      android layout alignBottom    id webView1      android layout alignParentRight  true      android layout alignParentEnd  true      android background   android color black   gt

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You can set a shape drawable  a rectangle  as background for the view    lt TextView android text  Some text  android background   drawable back   gt    And rectangle drawable back xml  put into res drawable folder     lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android shape  rectangle   gt      lt solid android color   android color white    gt      lt stroke android width  1dip  android color   4fa5d5   gt   lt  shape gt    You can use  android color transparent for the solid color to have a transparent background  You can also use padding to separate the text from the border  for more information see  http   developer android com guide topics resources drawable-resource html

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setBackground on your xml textview   add rounded textview xml file into your drawable directory    lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android shape  rectangle   gt      lt solid android color   android color white    gt      lt stroke android width  2dip  android color   4f5g52   gt   lt  shape gt    set drawable file in textView background

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I found a better way to put a border around a TextView   Use a nine-patch image for the background  It s pretty simple  the SDK comes with a tool to make the 9-patch image  and it involves absolutely no coding   The link is http   developer android com guide topics graphics 2d-graphics html nine-patch

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