SeekBar set line thickness and color from code

Question

I want to create a seek bar totally programmatically. All formatting is to be done from code itself. I cant even use a drawable from xml files.

Everything is working fine except the drawable for seek bar line. I can change the color of the line / change it to some drawable etc. but can't change the thickness of the line.

I am getting the following output:

output

But I want to achieve somewhat like the below thin line:

desired

look at this..http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13158831/changing-the-size-of-the-seekbar-programmatically-but-cant-get-the-thumb-to-be-l..hope it helps you. — Born To Win, May 05 '14 at 07:43
yes ..even I reached at that level but I want to reduce the thickness / height of this bar :( — S P, May 05 '14 at 08:07

score 23 · Answer 1 · edited May 06 '16 at 19:20

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You can change the size/thickness of your seek-bar by just using two attributes of seekbar. Which are:

android:minHeight="2dip"

android:maxHeight="2dip"

For example:

            <SeekBar
                android:progressDrawable="@drawable/seek_progress"
                android:thumb="@drawable/thumb"
                android:id="@+id/seekDistance"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:max="80"
                android:minHeight="2dip"
                android:maxHeight="2dip"
                />

edited May 06 '16 at 19:20

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I didn't get your question – Droid_Mechanic Mar 29 '16 at 04:02
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this is save my time. – Harshil Dholakiya Sep 12 '17 at 10:30

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 01 '18 at 09:38

for that you have to make a new drawable shape in xml, right click on drawable folder and create new resource file name it "progress_drawable", paste this xml style.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@android:id/background">
        <shape>
            <solid
                android:color="#bababa"/>
            <size
                android:height="13dp"
                android:width="13dp" />
            <corners android:radius="7dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
        <clip>
            <shape>
                <solid
                    android:color="@color/colorAccent"/>
                <corners android:radius="7dp" />
            </shape>
        </clip>
    </item>
</layer-list>

now apply this drawable to your seekbar, also set android:maxHeight

        <SeekBar
        android:id="@+id/sb"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:max="10"
        android:maxHeight="10dp"
        android:minHeight="10dp"
        android:progressDrawable="@drawable/progress_drawable"/>

SeekBar set line thickness and color from code

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