androidandroid-layouttextviewborderandroid-shapedrawable

How to put a border around an Android TextView?

Is it possible to draw a border around an Android TextView?

Solution

  • You can set a shape drawable (a rectangle) as background for the view.

    <TextView android:text="Some text" android:background="@drawable/back"/>

    And rectangle drawable back.xml (put into res/drawable folder):

    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
   <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />
   <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#4fa5d5"/>
</shape>

    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