Shadow Effect for a Text in Android

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Possible Duplicate    Android - shadow on text        How can i make shadow effect text in a TextView   Any Idea

User · Accepted Answer

Perhaps you d consider using android shadowColor  android shadowDx  android shadowDy  android shadowRadius  alternatively setShadowLayer

User · Answer

put these in values colors xml   lt resources gt       lt color name  light font  gt  FBFBFB lt  color gt       lt color name  grey font  gt  ff9e9e9e lt  color gt       lt color name  text shadow  gt  7F000000 lt  color gt       lt color name  text shadow white  gt  FFFFFF lt  color gt   lt  resources gt    Then in your layout xml here are some example TextView s  Example of Floating text on Light with Dark shadow   lt TextView android id    id txt example1                    android layout width  wrap content                    android layout height  wrap content                    android textSize  14sp                    android textStyle  bold                    android textColor   color light font                    android shadowColor   color text shadow                    android shadowDx  1                    android shadowDy  1                    android shadowRadius  2    gt      Example of Etched text on Light with Dark shadow   lt TextView android id    id txt example2                  android layout width  wrap content                  android layout height  wrap content                  android textSize  14sp                  android textStyle  bold                  android textColor   color light font                  android shadowColor   color text shadow                  android shadowDx  -1                  android shadowDy  -1                  android shadowRadius  1    gt      Example of Crisp text on Light with Dark shadow   lt TextView android id    id txt example3                  android layout width  wrap content                  android layout height  wrap content                  android textSize  14sp                  android textStyle  bold                  android textColor   color grey font                  android shadowColor   color text shadow white                  android shadowDx  -2                  android shadowDy  -2                  android shadowRadius  1    gt      Notice the positive and negative values    I suggest to play around with the colors values yourself but ultimately you can adjust these settings to get the effect your looking for

User · Answer

TextView textv    TextView  findViewById R id textview1   textv setShadowLayer 1  0  0  Color BLACK

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