How to make layout with rounded corners..?

1: Define layout_bg.xml in drawables:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="#FFFFFF"/>
    <stroke android:width="3dp" android:color="#B1BCBE" />
    <corners android:radius="10dp"/>
    <padding android:left="0dp" android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="0dp" />
</shape>

2: Add layout_bg.xml as background to your layout

android:background="@drawable/layout_bg"

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For API 21+, Use Clip Views

Rounded outline clipping was added to the View class in API 21. See this training doc or this reference for more info.

This in-built feature makes rounded corners very easy to implement. It works on any view or layout and supports proper clipping.

Here's What To Do:

Create a rounded shape drawable and set it as your view's background: android:background="@drawable/round_outline"

Clip to outline in code: setClipToOutline(true)

The documentation used to say that you can set android:clipToOutline="true" the XML, but this bug is now finally resolved and the documentation now correctly states that you can only do this in code.

What It Looks Like:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/6NlvO.png

Special Note About ImageViews

setClipToOutline() only works when the View's background is set to a shape drawable. If this background shape exists, View treats the background's outline as the borders for clipping and shadowing purposes.

This means that if you want to round the corners on an ImageView with setClipToOutline(), your image must come from android:src instead of android:background (since background is used for the rounded shape). If you MUST use background to set your image instead of src, you can use this nested views workaround:

Create an outer layout with its background set to your shape drawable

Wrap that layout around your ImageView (with no padding)

The ImageView (including anything else in the layout) will now be clipped to the outer layout's rounded shape.

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Here's a copy of a XML file to create a drawable with a white background, black border and rounded corners:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> 
        <solid android:color="#ffffffff"/>    

        <stroke android:width="3dp"
                android:color="#ff000000"
                />

        <padding android:left="1dp"
                 android:top="1dp"
                 android:right="1dp"
                 android:bottom="1dp"
                 /> 

        <corners android:bottomRightRadius="7dp" android:bottomLeftRadius="7dp" 
         android:topLeftRadius="7dp" android:topRightRadius="7dp"/> 
    </shape>

save it as a xml file in the drawable directory, Use it like you would use any drawable background(icon or resource file) using its resource name (R.drawable.your_xml_name)

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Use CardView in android v7 support library. Though it's a bit heavy, it solves all problem, and easy enough. Not like the set drawable background method, it could clip subviews successfully.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    card_view:cardBackgroundColor="@android:color/transparent"
    card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp"
    card_view:cardElevation="0dp"
    card_view:contentPadding="0dp">
    <YOUR_LINEARLAYOUT_HERE>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

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I have done this way:

Check Screenshot:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/DxWqN.png

Create drawable file named with custom_rectangle.xml in drawable folder:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >

    <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />

    <corners android:radius="10dip" />

    <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        android:color="@android:color/white" />

</shape>

Now apply Rectangle background on View:

mView.setBackground(R.drawlable.custom_rectangle);

Done

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I think a better way to do it is to merge 2 things:

make a bitmap of the layout, as shown here. make a rounded drawable from the bitmap, as shown here set the drawable on an imageView.

This will handle cases that other solutions have failed to solve, such as having content that has corners.

I think it's also a bit more GPU-friendly, as it shows a single layer instead of 2 .

The only better way is to make a totally customized view, but that's a lot of code and might take a lot of time. I think that what I suggested here is the best of both worlds.

Here's a snippet of how it can be done:

RoundedCornersDrawable.java

/**
 * shows a bitmap as if it had rounded corners. based on :
 * http://rahulswackyworld.blogspot.co.il/2013/04/android-drawables-with-rounded_7.html
 * easy alternative from support library: RoundedBitmapDrawableFactory.create( ...) ; 
 */
public class RoundedCornersDrawable extends BitmapDrawable {

    private final BitmapShader bitmapShader;
    private final Paint p;
    private final RectF rect;
    private final float borderRadius;

    public RoundedCornersDrawable(final Resources resources, final Bitmap bitmap, final float borderRadius) {
        super(resources, bitmap);
        bitmapShader = new BitmapShader(getBitmap(), Shader.TileMode.CLAMP, Shader.TileMode.CLAMP);
        final Bitmap b = getBitmap();
        p = getPaint();
        p.setAntiAlias(true);
        p.setShader(bitmapShader);
        final int w = b.getWidth(), h = b.getHeight();
        rect = new RectF(0, 0, w, h);
        this.borderRadius = borderRadius < 0 ? 0.15f * Math.min(w, h) : borderRadius;
    }

    @Override
    public void draw(final Canvas canvas) {
        canvas.drawRoundRect(rect, borderRadius, borderRadius, p);
    }
}

CustomView.java

public class CustomView extends ImageView {
    private View mMainContainer;
    private boolean mIsDirty=false;

    // TODO for each change of views/content, set mIsDirty to true and call invalidate

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(final Canvas canvas) {
        if (mIsDirty) {
            mIsDirty = false;
            drawContent();
            return;
        }
        super.onDraw(canvas);
    }

    /**
     * draws the view's content to a bitmap. code based on :
     * http://nadavfima.com/android-snippet-inflate-a-layout-draw-to-a-bitmap/
     */
    public static Bitmap drawToBitmap(final View viewToDrawFrom, final int width, final int height) {
        // Create a new bitmap and a new canvas using that bitmap
        final Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        final Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bmp);
        viewToDrawFrom.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
        // Supply measurements
        viewToDrawFrom.measure(MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(canvas.getWidth(), MeasureSpec.EXACTLY),
                MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(canvas.getHeight(), MeasureSpec.EXACTLY));
        // Apply the measures so the layout would resize before drawing.
        viewToDrawFrom.layout(0, 0, viewToDrawFrom.getMeasuredWidth(), viewToDrawFrom.getMeasuredHeight());
        // and now the bmp object will actually contain the requested layout
        canvas.drawBitmap(viewToDrawFrom.getDrawingCache(), 0, 0, new Paint());
        return bmp;
    }

    private void drawContent() {
        if (getMeasuredWidth() <= 0 || getMeasuredHeight() <= 0)
            return;
        final Bitmap bitmap = drawToBitmap(mMainContainer, getMeasuredWidth(), getMeasuredHeight());
        final RoundedCornersDrawable drawable = new RoundedCornersDrawable(getResources(), bitmap, 15);
        setImageDrawable(drawable);
    }

}

EDIT: found a nice alternative, based on "RoundKornersLayouts" library. Have a class that will be used for all of the layout classes you wish to extend, to be rounded:

//based on https://github.com/JcMinarro/RoundKornerLayouts
class CanvasRounder(cornerRadius: Float, cornerStrokeColor: Int = 0, cornerStrokeWidth: Float = 0F) {
    private val path = android.graphics.Path()
    private lateinit var rectF: RectF
    private var strokePaint: Paint?
    var cornerRadius: Float = cornerRadius
        set(value) {
            field = value
            resetPath()
        }

    init {
        if (cornerStrokeWidth <= 0)
            strokePaint = null
        else {
            strokePaint = Paint()
            strokePaint!!.style = Paint.Style.STROKE
            strokePaint!!.isAntiAlias = true
            strokePaint!!.color = cornerStrokeColor
            strokePaint!!.strokeWidth = cornerStrokeWidth
        }
    }

    fun round(canvas: Canvas, drawFunction: (Canvas) -> Unit) {
        val save = canvas.save()
        canvas.clipPath(path)
        drawFunction(canvas)
        if (strokePaint != null)
            canvas.drawRoundRect(rectF, cornerRadius, cornerRadius, strokePaint)
        canvas.restoreToCount(save)
    }

    fun updateSize(currentWidth: Int, currentHeight: Int) {
        rectF = android.graphics.RectF(0f, 0f, currentWidth.toFloat(), currentHeight.toFloat())
        resetPath()
    }

    private fun resetPath() {
        path.reset()
        path.addRoundRect(rectF, cornerRadius, cornerRadius, Path.Direction.CW)
        path.close()
    }

}

Then, in each of your customized layout classes, add code similar to this one:

class RoundedConstraintLayout : ConstraintLayout {
    private lateinit var canvasRounder: CanvasRounder

    constructor(context: Context) : super(context) {
        init(context, null, 0)
    }

    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) : super(context, attrs) {
        init(context, attrs, 0)
    }

    constructor(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : super(context, attrs, defStyle) {
        init(context, attrs, defStyle)
    }

    private fun init(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet?, defStyle: Int) {
        val array = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.RoundedCornersView, 0, 0)
        val cornerRadius = array.getDimension(R.styleable.RoundedCornersView_corner_radius, 0f)
        val cornerStrokeColor = array.getColor(R.styleable.RoundedCornersView_corner_stroke_color, 0)
        val cornerStrokeWidth = array.getDimension(R.styleable.RoundedCornersView_corner_stroke_width, 0f)
        array.recycle()
        canvasRounder = CanvasRounder(cornerRadius,cornerStrokeColor,cornerStrokeWidth)
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2) {
            setLayerType(FrameLayout.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null)
        }
    }

    override fun onSizeChanged(currentWidth: Int, currentHeight: Int, oldWidth: Int, oldheight: Int) {
        super.onSizeChanged(currentWidth, currentHeight, oldWidth, oldheight)
        canvasRounder.updateSize(currentWidth, currentHeight)
    }

    override fun draw(canvas: Canvas) = canvasRounder.round(canvas) { super.draw(canvas) }

    override fun dispatchDraw(canvas: Canvas) = canvasRounder.round(canvas) { super.dispatchDraw(canvas) }

}

If you wish to support attributes, use this as written on the library:

<resources>
  <declare-styleable name="RoundedCornersView">
      <attr name="corner_radius" format="dimension"/>
      <attr name="corner_stroke_width" format="dimension"/>
      <attr name="corner_stroke_color" format="color"/>
  </declare-styleable>
</resources>

Another alternative, which might be easier for most uses: use MaterialCardView . It allows customizing the rounded corners, stroke color and width, and elevation.

Example:

<FrameLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
        android:layout_width="100dp" android:layout_height="100dp" android:layout_gravity="center"
        app:cardCornerRadius="8dp" app:cardElevation="8dp" app:strokeColor="#f00" app:strokeWidth="2dp">

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="#0f0"/>

    </com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>

</FrameLayout>

And the result:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/UXPtb.png

Do note that there is a slight artifacts issue at the edges of the stroke (leaves some pixels of the content there), if you use it. You can notice it if you zoom in. I've reported about this issue here.

EDIT: seems to be fixed, but not on the IDE. Reported here.

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If you would like to make your layout rounded, it is best to use the CardView, it provided many features to make the design beautiful.

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp">
      <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight=".3"
                android:text="@string/quote_code"
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:textSize="@dimen/text_head_size" />
      </LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

With this card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp", you can change the radius.

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Try this...

1.create drawable xml(custom_layout.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />

<stroke
    android:width="2dp"
    android:color="#FF785C" />

<corners android:radius="10dp" />

</shape>

2.add your view background

android:background="@drawable/custom_layout"

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Step 1: Define bg_layout.xml in drawables folder, and put the below code in it.

Step 2: Add that bg_layout.xml as background to your layout, Done.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid
        android:color="#EEEEEE"/> <!--your desired colour for solid-->

    <stroke
        android:width="3dp"
        android:color="#EEEEEE" /> <!--your desired colour for border-->

    <corners
        android:radius="50dp"/> <!--shape rounded value-->

</shape>

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With the Material Components Library you can use the MaterialShapeDrawable to draw custom shapes.

Just put the LinearLayout in your xml layout:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/linear_rounded"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    ..>

    <!-- content ..... -->

</LinearLayout>

Then in your code you can apply a ShapeAppearanceModel. Something like:

float radius = getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.default_corner_radius);

LinearLayout linearLayout= findViewById(R.id.linear_rounded);
ShapeAppearanceModel shapeAppearanceModel = new ShapeAppearanceModel()
    .toBuilder()
    .setAllCorners(CornerFamily.ROUNDED,radius)
    .build();

MaterialShapeDrawable shapeDrawable = new MaterialShapeDrawable(shapeAppearanceModel);
//Fill the LinearLayout with your color
shapeDrawable.setFillColor(ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this,R.color.secondaryLightColor));


ViewCompat.setBackground(linearLayout,shapeDrawable);

https://i.stack.imgur.com/t5A7T.png

Note:: it requires the version 1.1.0 of the material components library.

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The best and simplest method would be to make use of card_background drawable in your layout. This also follows Google's material design guidelines. Just include this in you LinearLayout:

android:background="@drawable/card_background"

Add this to your drawable directory and name it card_background.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="#BDBDBD"/>
            <corners android:radius="5dp"/>
        </shape>
    </item>

    <item
        android:left="0dp"
        android:right="0dp"
        android:top="0dp"
        android:bottom="2dp">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="#ffffff"/>
            <corners android:radius="5dp"/>
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

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Function for set corner radius programmatically

static void setCornerRadius(GradientDrawable drawable, float topLeft,
        float topRight, float bottomRight, float bottomLeft) {
    drawable.setCornerRadii(new float[] { topLeft, topLeft, topRight, topRight,
            bottomRight, bottomRight, bottomLeft, bottomLeft });
}

static void setCornerRadius(GradientDrawable drawable, float radius) {
    drawable.setCornerRadius(radius);
}

Using

GradientDrawable gradientDrawable = new GradientDrawable();
gradientDrawable.setColor(Color.GREEN);
setCornerRadius(gradientDrawable, 20f);
//or setCornerRadius(gradientDrawable, 20f, 40f, 60f, 80f); 

view.setBackground(gradientDrawable);

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Use CardView to get rounded edges for any layouts. Use card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp" for cardview to get rounded layout edges.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:orientation="vertical">

      <android.support.v7.widget.CardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp">
          <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="horizontal"
                android:padding="15dp"
                android:weightSum="1">

                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="0dp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_weight=".3"
                    android:text="@string/quote_code"
                    android:textColor="@color/white"
                    android:textSize="@dimen/text_head_size" />

                <TextView
                    android:layout_width="0dp"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_weight=".7"
                    android:text="@string/quote_details"
                    android:textColor="@color/white"
                    android:textSize="@dimen/text_head_size" />
            </LinearLayout>
       </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
   </LinearLayout>

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A better way to do it would be:

background_activity.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:gravity="fill">
        <color android:color="@color/black"/>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape android:gravity="fill">
            <solid android:color="@color/white"/>
            <corners android:radius="10dip"/>
            <padding android:left="0dip" android:top="0dip" android:right="0dip" android:bottom="0dip" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

This will work below API 21 also, and give you something like this:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/FMSFD.png

If you are willing to make a little more effort more better control, then use android.support.v7.widget.CardView with its cardCornerRadius attribute (and set elevation attribute to 0dp to get rid of any accompanying drop shadow with the cardView). Also, this will work from API level as low as 15.

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Create your xml in drawable, layout_background.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
      <solid android:color="@color/your_colour" />
      <stroke
            android:width="2dp"
            android:color="@color/your_colour" />
      <corners android:radius="10dp" />      
    </shape>
 <--width, color, radius should be as per your requirement-->

and then, add this in your layout.xml

 android:background="@drawable/layout_background"

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="#FFFFFF"/>
    <stroke android:width="3dip" android:color="#B1BCBE" />
    <corners android:radius="10dip"/>
    <padding android:left="3dip" android:top="3dip" android:right="3dip" android:bottom="3dip" />
</shape>

@David, just put padding same value as stroke, so border can be visible, regardeless image size

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I've taken @gauravsapiens answer with my comments inside to give you a reasonable apprehension of what the parameters will effect.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <!-- Background color -->
    <solid android:color="@color/white" />

    <!-- Stroke around the background, width and color -->
    <stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="@color/drop_shadow"/>

    <!-- The corners of the shape -->
    <corners android:radius="4dp"/>

    <!-- Padding for the background, e.g the Text inside a TextView will be 
    located differently -->
    <padding android:left="10dp" android:right="10dp" 
             android:bottom="10dp" android:top="10dp" />

</shape>

If you're just looking to create a shape that rounds the corners, removing the padding and the stroke will do. If you remove the solid as well you will, in effect, have created rounded corners on a transparent background.

For the sake of being lazy I have created a shape underneath, which is just a solid white background with rounded corners - enjoy! :)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <!-- Background color -->
    <solid android:color="@color/white" />

    <!-- The corners of the shape -->
    <corners android:radius="4dp"/>

</shape>

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 <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:padding="@dimen/_10sdp"
android:shape="rectangle">

<solid android:color="@color/header" />

<corners
    android:bottomLeftRadius="@dimen/_5sdp"
    android:bottomRightRadius="@dimen/_5sdp"
    android:topLeftRadius="@dimen/_5sdp"
    android:topRightRadius="@dimen/_5sdp" />

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If what you want is just a simple rounded rectangle, cut the long story short.

float r=8;
ShapeDrawable shape = 
   new ShapeDrawable (new RoundRectShape(new float[] { r, r, r, r, r, r, r, r },null,null));
shape.getPaint().setColor(Color.RED);
view.setBackground(shape);

https://i.stack.imgur.com/APiRB.jpg

The first two floats are for the top-left corner (remaining pairs correspond clockwise).

for more details read this answer

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You can do it with a custom view, like this RoundAppBar and RoundBottomAppBar. Here a path is used to clipPath the canvas.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/HaVVNl.jpg

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I'm a bit late to the party, but this is still a problem. So I wrote a set of OutlineProviders and BindingAdapters for data binding that enables you to clip corners from xml.

NOTE: Clipping with outline does not support corners to be different sizes!

I wrote a detailed response with code on this stackoverflow post

What you will get with code + binding adapter:

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    clipRadius="@{@dimen/some_radius}"
    clipBottomLeft="@{@dimen/some_radius}"
    clipBottomRight="@{@dimen/some_radius}"
    clipTopLeft="@{@dimen/some_radius}"
    clipTopRight="@{@dimen/some_radius}"
    clipCircle="@{@bool/clip}"

This enables you to clip the view to a circle, round all corners, round corners in one direction (left, top, right, bottom) or single corners.

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