create vertical gradient in android

Question

I want to create vertical gradient separator in android

I am able to create for horizontal separator but in vertical gradient nothing appears

code for horizontal

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
       <gradient       
                android:startColor="#DEDEDE"
                android:centerColor="#F52578"
                android:endColor=  "#DEDEDE"
      /> 
</shape>

this is how i use in my project

  <View 
            android:background="@drawable/divider_gradient"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="1.0px"

     />

i tried layout_width="1dp" and layout_height="fill_parent" for vertical separator but nothing appears

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2658772/android-vertical-line-xml — waqaslam, Mar 03 '12 at 16:56
@Waqas the question that you have suggested is for solid line and what i am asking is a gradient — Hunt, Mar 03 '12 at 19:17

Rahul garg · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-02T15:04:25.980

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Use

android:angle="270"

as another attribute in your gradient

to get you start color - center color - end color as Top to Bottom

edited Dec 02 '12 at 15:04

answered Mar 03 '12 at 16:56

Rahul garg

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garg i tried `android:startColor="#FFFFFF" android:centerColor="#F52578" android:endColor= "#FFFFFF" android:angle="270" ` but its not working – Hunt Mar 03 '12 at 19:06
the gradient you mentioned is correct,, how are you using it in the view... ` android:layout_height="1.0px"` not this right... that would make the height 1 px..and you won't see gradient... What is the current color of the view visible..? – Rahul garg Mar 03 '12 at 19:11
These are the attributes of view `android:background="@drawable/divider_gradient" android:layout_width="1dp" android:layout_height="fill_parent"` – Hunt Mar 03 '12 at 19:13
is view showing up at all..? try changing android:background="#FFF", and notice if the view is visible at all of complete white background.. if yes then you can change that to gradient.. otherwise problem is in you `view` position and size... – Rahul garg Mar 03 '12 at 19:21
yes, view is visible if i remove the gradient and pass the solid color , but when i change it to gradient it disappears – Hunt Mar 03 '12 at 19:24
quite strange!! just for debugging can you try to put `` and removing gradient at all from `divider_gradient` to see if the gradient is actually being applied on the view.. – Rahul garg Mar 03 '12 at 19:35
Yes a solid like appears , after i replace the gradient tag with a solid tag , n yes this seems pretty strange – Hunt Mar 03 '12 at 19:39
just for info..did you get it corrected?? and what was the defect/reason earlier? – Rahul garg Mar 05 '12 at 12:12
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gard i tried your code only actually gradient wasn't visible in emulator , but was showing in a real device , so +1 for showing your interest – Hunt Mar 05 '12 at 15:33
Thanks it help,really easy answer – ashad Nov 20 '18 at 12:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '12 at 16:54

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Make use of Angle attribute to achieve gradient in wanted direction. More at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#Shape

answered Mar 03 '12 at 16:54

the100rabh

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what angle did u try working with ?? Also try changing that width to something like 4dp for trials first instead of 1.0px, and I would suggest u to use 1dp instead of 1px always – the100rabh Mar 04 '12 at 14:22

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