create following code xml programmatically into layerlist android

Question

I have to set background of this to many views with different colors. but if I make it so, the xml will be around 20 files, which is huge, so I want to convert the following xml layer-list into progmatical way into fully independent module without even a single xml, so that it can be reusable, please help me guys.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    //i can create this drawable
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="#ff2632"/>
        </shape> </item>

    //I don't know how to achieve this one, especially this "bottom property"
    <item android:bottom="2dp">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <solid android:color="#d7ffa2"/>
        </shape> </item>
</layer-list>

@NigamPatro,basically i have to set this xml as background to may views with different color codes — Reprator, Dec 18 '15 at 09:58
Possible duplicate of [Android - How to change a layer-list drawable?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8018435/android-how-to-change-a-layer-list-drawable) — Rami, Dec 18 '15 at 10:00
@Rami, buddy i want to create this as programatically not to create this xml — Reprator, Dec 18 '15 at 10:02
@VikramSingh You can create *1* xml file and change it programatically depending on your needs (instead of creating 20 files). — Rami, Dec 18 '15 at 10:07
@Rami, i don't also want to create that one, i want it to be fully independent and through programatic way — Reprator, Dec 18 '15 at 10:08
@VikramSingh in this case, you need to create a custom class that extand from drawable and pass your parameters in the constructor. — Rami, Dec 18 '15 at 10:12
@Rami, i know how to create the drawable programatically but i don't know how to achieve this " " — Reprator, Dec 18 '15 at 10:16

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '15 at 10:24

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Please find the below code,

// This is the first item in your XML file
GradientDrawable layer1 = new GradientDrawable();
layer1.setShape(GradientDrawable.RECTANGLE);
layer1.setColor(Color.parseColor("#ff2632"));

// This is your second item in your XML file
GradientDrawable layer2 = new GradientDrawable();
layer2.setShape(GradientDrawable.RECTANGLE);
layer2.setColor(Color.parseColor("#d7ffa2"));

// This will give the bottom space which you are unable to do    
InsetDrawable insetLayer2 = new InsetDrawable(layer2, 0, 0, 0, 2);

// This is the final drawable which is to be used
LayerDrawable layerDrawable = new LayerDrawable(new Drawable[]{layer1, insetLayer2});

Refer this, and let me know for issues.

answered Dec 18 '15 at 10:24

Nigam Patro

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buddy where u had used the , property – Reprator Dec 18 '15 at 10:30
The `insetLayer2` is doing this task. – Nigam Patro Dec 18 '15 at 10:31
would you explain the above in detail, so that i can understand – Reprator Dec 18 '15 at 10:31
Which part you are unable to understand? Please go through the comments. – Nigam Patro Dec 18 '15 at 10:34
new LayerDrawable(new Drawable[]{layer1, insetLayer2}); – Reprator Dec 18 '15 at 10:34
Here we need to pass the drawable which we want in a layered manner. – Nigam Patro Dec 18 '15 at 10:35
means we can pass as many drawable instance as we want like upto 10 theny what we the order of appearance?? – Reprator Dec 18 '15 at 10:38
That depends on you, like here if you pass the insetLayer2 as first item, layer1 as second item, then the whole drawable will be of layer1 color. – Nigam Patro Dec 18 '15 at 10:39

create following code xml programmatically into layerlist android

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