How do I make a dotted/dashed line in Android?

Question

I'm trying to make a dotted line. I'm using this right now for a solid line:

LinearLayout divider = new LinearLayout( this );
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams( LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 2 );
divider.setLayoutParams( params );
divider.setBackgroundColor( getResources().getColor( R.color.grey ) );

I need something like this, but dotted instead of solid. I'd like to avoid making hundreds of layouts alternating between a transparent layout and solid layout.

Answer 1

This will help you. Creating dotted line using XML. Create xml in drawable folder and give that background to the item to which you want to set dotted border.

----> Creating XML Background "dashed_border"

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item>
        <shape>
            <solid android:color="#ffffff" />
            <stroke
                android:dashGap="5dp"
                android:dashWidth="5dp"
                android:width="1dp"
                android:color="#0000FF" />
            <padding
                android:bottom="5dp"
                android:left="5dp"
                android:right="5dp"
                android:top="5dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

-----> Adding that background to item

<Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/dashed_border"/>

Answer 2

I've created a library with a custom view to solve this issue, and it should be very simple to use. See https://github.com/Comcast/DahDit for more. You can add dashed lines like this:

<com.xfinity.dahdit.DashedLine
    android:layout_width="250dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:dashHeight="4dp"
    app:dashLength="8dp"
    app:minimumDashGap="3dp"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    android:id="@+id/horizontal_dashes"/>

Answer 3

I have custom a dashline which support horizontal&verical dash line . code below:

public class DashedLineView extends View
{
private float density;
private Paint paint;
private Path path;
private PathEffect effects;

public DashedLineView(Context context)
{
    super(context);
    init(context);
}

public DashedLineView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
{
    super(context, attrs);
    init(context);
}

public DashedLineView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
{
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    init(context);
}

private void init(Context context)
{
    density = DisplayUtil.getDisplayDensity(context);
    paint = new Paint();
    paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
    paint.setStrokeWidth(density * 4);
    //set your own color
    paint.setColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.XXX));
    path = new Path();
    //array is ON and OFF distances in px (4px line then 2px space)
    effects = new DashPathEffect(new float[] { 4, 2, 4, 2 }, 0);

}

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onDraw(canvas);
    paint.setPathEffect(effects);
    int measuredHeight = getMeasuredHeight();
    int measuredWidth = getMeasuredWidth();
    if (measuredHeight <= measuredWidth)
    {
        // horizontal
        path.moveTo(0, 0);
        path.lineTo(measuredWidth, 0);
        canvas.drawPath(path, paint);
    }
    else
    {
        // vertical
        path.moveTo(0, 0);
        path.lineTo(0, measuredHeight);
        canvas.drawPath(path, paint);
    }

}
}