In my view, I would like a ripple effect to appear whenever a user touches an ImageView in the layout. I've tried wrapping the ImageView inside a RelativeLayout, but it hasn't worked. Here is the layout:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.sample.me.TapActivity" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/tap_view_frame"
android:layout_width="#dimen/activity_tap_image_width"
android:layout_height="#dimen/activity_tap_image_height"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#drawable/ripple_view" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/tap_view"
android:src="#drawable/ram"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:clickable="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tap_name_textView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/textview_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_above="#+id/tap_number_textView"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tap_number_textView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/textview_vertical_margin"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/tap_name_textView"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/tap_view_frame" />
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/tap_card_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/cardview_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/cardview_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/cardview_vertical_margin"
android:layout_below="#+id/tap_view_frame">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/tap_options_recyclerview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/cardview_tap_height" />
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
And here is the "ripple_view" drawable:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:color="#ffa0a0a0">
<item android:id="#android:id/mask">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#ffa0a0a0"/>
</shape>
</item>
</ripple>
I have also tried adding in the android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground" tag, but that didn't seem to help. Can anyone explain why the ripple is not showing up? I used the same method to enable the effect in my custom buttons and RecyclerView rows, but it is not working for the RelativeLayout. Ideally, I would like to avoid using a third party library for something as simple as this.
I have a background set in my activity_main.xml simply as that:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background4">
And I also have this imageview:
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/textView5"
android:src="#drawable/contact" />
and my selector.xml looks like that:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/contact_pressed"/>
<item
android:state_focused="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/contact"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/contact"/>
</selector>
And nothing happens on image press
try to change this:
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/textView5"
android:src="#drawable/contact" />
with this:
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/textView5"
android:src="#drawable/selector" />
Obviously your selector.xml should be into drawable folder
The selector you mention above IS a background. What View are you trying to use? Maybe use an ImageView, you can set your selector as the "background" then use the image as the "src"? Alternatively, you could use seperate overlapping views in a FrameLayout or a RelativeLayout
I want to create a layout like this:
I have 3 different images: the background, the white square and the V sign.
How can I position them as in the photo, if I want the box to move from side to side
and the V sign to fade in\out when onClick is triggered.
I have tried:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:background="#drawable/off_background">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/handle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/handle"
android:scaleType="centerInside" />
<ImageView android:id="#+id/switch_v"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:src="#drawable/switch_v"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:scaleType="centerInside"/>
</RelativeLayout>
which gives me the order correctly, but not posed correctly:
You have to use layout_align for this issue. I have tested it for your example and it worked correctly.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:background="#drawable/off_background" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/handle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:src="#drawable/handle" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/switch_v"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#id/handle"
android:layout_alignTop="#id/handle"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/handle"
android:layout_alignRight="#id/handle"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:src="#drawable/switch_v" />
</RelativeLayout>
Create a drawable for the the white square and the V sign:
white_square_and_V_sign.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item >
<bitmap
android:src="#drawable/handle"/>
</item>
<item>
<bitmap
android:gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/switch_v"/>
</item>
</layer-list>
Create a drawable for the the white square:
white_square.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item >
<bitmap
android:src="#drawable/handle"/>
</item>
</layer-list>
Create a Selector:
mySelector.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/white_square"
android:state_pressed="true" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/white_square_and_V_sign" />
</selector>
Use it in your layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:background="#drawable/off_background" >
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/mySelector"/>
</RelativeLayout>
I would like to have an image set to background a text on it and an icon on the left side of the text.
Very easy in iPhone, but can't figure out how to do it at Android, to be resizable that button and keep the icon + text position and distance properly.
iPhone:
Android I have this:
The xml code is:
<Button
android:id="#+id/btSettings"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/tvWhatever"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/bt_general"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/settings_selected"
android:text="#string/settings"
android:textColor="#000000" />
Took the code from here.
If I use android:drawableLeft , than the icon will go to most left part.
If I start playing with semi hardcoded paddings, than I will have different look at diff devives: ( phone and table)
If I add the android:gravity="left|center_vertical" than it will look like this:
The text is variable: it will change, when the user change the language.
How to do it properly?
I don't want to downvote anybody's answer, but please read the question and don't suggest what I have tryed already. Also told the hardcoded fixes doesn't work well.
This is not a homework, but a commercial software part.
Here is a suggested code from answers:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/bt_general"
android:padding="20dip" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/xIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
android:src="#drawable/settings_selected" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/xSettingsTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="#string/settings"
android:textColor="#000000" />
</RelativeLayout>
What do you think how it will look like the android:layout_marginLeft="10dip" on Galaxy s4? Here is a preview:
This is not, what I have asked. "dip" or "dp" or "px" shouldn't be used anywhere as distance from left, top, because phones has HPDI, smaller screen and Tablets has MDPI and wide resolutions. Simple doesn't work on mdpi, and xxhdpi.
Nizam answer is very close to a good solution:
Maybe you should use RelativeLayout with rounded corners, than put TextView and ImageView inside of it.
Try this:
Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
Spannable buttonLabel = new SpannableString(" Settings");
buttonLabel.setSpan(new ImageSpan(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.settings_selected,
ImageSpan.ALIGN_BOTTOM), 0, 1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
button.setText(buttonLabel);
Try this:
Follow this : http://porcupineprogrammer.blogspot.in/2013/03/android-ui-struggles-making-button-with.html
<FrameLayout
style="?android:attr/buttonStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:drawableLeft="#android:drawable/ic_delete"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Button Challenge" />
</FrameLayout>
Here is how i do things :
LAYERS
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:drawable="#drawable/rounded_border"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/selector_button"/>
</layer-list>
SELECTOR
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#color/clr_grey_1" android:state_selected="true" android:state_window_focused="false"/>
<item android:drawable="#color/clr_grey_1" android:state_selected="true"/>
<item android:drawable="#color/clr_grey_1" android:state_pressed="true" android:state_selected="false"/>
<item android:drawable="#color/clr_main_green" android:state_selected="false"/>
</selector>
ROUNDED CORNER
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<solid android:color="#color/clr_grey_2" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#android:color/white" />
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="8dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="8dp"
android:topLeftRadius="8dp"
android:topRightRadius="8dp" />
<padding
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="4dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="4dp" />
</shape>
Use this on relative layout, with an imageview and button inside it
Try below layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dip"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/round_corners_drawable" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/xIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/xSettingsTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Settings"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
and drawable/round_corner_drawable is as below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#310704"/>
<corners
android:bottomRightRadius="20sp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="20sp"
android:topLeftRadius="20sp"
android:topRightRadius="20sp"/>
<gradient
android:startColor="#99310704"
android:centerColor="#99310704"
android:endColor="#99310704"
android:angle="270" />
</shape>
Also, if you want to use your image as a background, give android:layout_height="wrap_content" and set it as a background for relative layout.
p.s. If you put different color values for startColor, centerColor and endColor, you will get that gradient effect for your background drawable. So change the color values accordingly.
EDIT:
Try below layout, i edited it to fit in different screen sizes with rounded corner drawable.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="20dip"
android:background="#drawable/dialog_round_corners" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/xIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/xSettingsTxt"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/xSettingsTxt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Settings"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Button Text"
android:background="#drawable/round_background"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/icon"/>
save the xml code below as round_background.xml and put it on drawable folder. use this if you want, but you can also use image from the drawable folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<solid android:color="#f5f5f5" />
<corners android:radius="10px" />
<padding
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="0dp" />
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#ccc" />
</shape>
I had achieved that with following code. May be used as an easier alternative to above solutions.
<Button android:id="#+id/btnUserProfile"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_user_profile"
android:background="#6C6C6C"
android:drawablePadding="8dp"
android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
android:text="#string/my_profile"
android:textStyle="bold|italic" />
the button view is marked in red(this is not a list item but a button with above code):
Found a class called CenteredIconButton that extends Button at this link. Worked like magic. How to have Image and Text Center within a Button . Thanks to #atomicode
If your button width: android:layout_width="wrap_content" then your code will be like this:
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/img name"
android:gravity="left|center"
android:text="Button" />
Else if your button width: android:layout_width="match_parent" then your code will be like this:
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/img name"
android:gravity="left|center"
android:text="Button"
android:paddingLeft="100dp"
/>
By the way android:paddingLeft="100dp", change 100 with your suitable value.
<Button
android:id="#+id/btSettings"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/back_button"
android:drawablePadding="5dp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:text="Settings"
android:padding="20dp"
android:textColor="#000000" />
You can use paddingLeft and paddingRight to get button as the one in iphone
Try to use TextView,
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtSettings"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/tvWhatever"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="#string/settings"
android:textColor="#000000" />
In Java
txtView.setBackgroundResources(R.drawable.bt_general);
txtView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(Drawable left,Drawable top,Drawable right,Drawable bottom);
where Drawable image is,
Bitmap bitmap= BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(),
R.drawable.settings_selected);
BitmapDrawable drawable=new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), bitmap);
I just implemented this kind of button (and it has been deployed in a large scale app), it is not really complicated :
content of large_button.xml :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/large_button_background"
android:clickable="true"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:src="#drawable/some_icon" />
<com.my.app.widget.RobotoTextView
android:id="#+id/large_button_text"
style="#style/AppName_RobotoBold"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:focusable="false"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:maxLines="1"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#color/text_main"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Then, to use it I just have to use the include tag :
<include
android:id="#+id/large_button"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/large_button_height"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/large_button_vertical_margin"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/large_button_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/large_button_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/large_button_vertical_margin"
layout="#layout/large_button" />
large_button_background is a selector that points to the different drawables to use for each button state
I used a LinearLayout, it allows to simply center both text & icons in the button. It should also be doable with a GridLayout. If you want to center just on the text (I don't think it looks great though but that's your choice), use a RelativeLayout.
You can use android:paddingLeft, android:paddingRight and layout_width at a fixed width to solve the issue.
<Button
android:id="#+id/btSettings"
android:layout_width="148dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="32dp"
android:paddingRight="32dp"
android:background="#drawable/bt_general"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/settings_selected"
android:text="#string/settings"
android:textColor="#000000"/>
Check this link I found useful. http://porcupineprogrammer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/android-ui-struggles-making-button-with.html
Hey Guys facing a problem with setting a background image on my ListView. Code is as below
history.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ListView android:id="#id/android:list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
android:src="#drawable/back">
</ListView>
<TextView android:id="#id/android:empty"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#FFff00"
android:text="No data"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
/>
</LinearLayout>
rowlayout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView android:id="#+id/ProductName"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textColor="#FFFF00"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Java Code
...
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.rowlayout,R.id.ProductName,Names));
...
I dont know what i am doing here but the background does not appear. Its black throughout. If i put the background on the text view in rowlayout.xml then it appears but its like whole screen carries one entry of the ListView. Tried alot of tutorials. Maybe doing some rookie mistake.. help me out please
use android:background="#drawable/icon" for listview like
<ListView android:id="#id/android:list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
android:background="#drawable/icon">
</ListView>
use android:background="#00000000" on your listview items, then set the parent forms background to your image
As I understand your code concept correctly you want to achieve two Views lying on the LinearLayout, one of which (TextView in your case) cover layout with it's background and another one is transparent. So there is no other way than to set background for your layout and make your ListView transparent, using android:background="#00000000" and also you should set android:cacheColorHint="#00000000" to avoid filling your ListView background with black during scrolling
I believe what you're experiencing is described here: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-is-my-list-black-android.html
Because of an optimization called "cache color hint", the background of your list is being set by default to the window's background color, #191919 in Android's dark theme.
If you set a background on each row, I think you'll see what I mean. Try setting the following background shape:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle"
>
<stroke
android:color="#color/mid_gray"
android:width="1dp"
/>
<padding
android:left="7dp"
android:top="7dp"
android:right="7dp"
android:bottom="3dp"
/>
<corners android:radius="10dp" />
<solid android:color="#android:color/white" />
</shape>
like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/shape_data_background">
<TextView android:id="#+id/ProductName"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textColor="#FFFF00"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>