Border for an Image view in Android?

Question

How can I set a border for an ImageView and change its color in Android?

Answer 1

This is an old post I know, but I thought this might possibly help someone out there.

If you want to simulate a translucent border that doesn't overlap the shape's "solid" color, then use this in your xml. Note that I don't use the "stroke" tag here at all as it seems to always overlap the actual drawn shape.

  <?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="#55111111" />

            <padding
                android:bottom="10dp"
                android:left="10dp"
                android:right="10dp"
                android:top="10dp" />

            <corners android:radius="5dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <padding
                android:bottom="5dp"
                android:left="5dp"
                android:right="5dp"
                android:top="5dp" />

            <solid android:color="#ff252525" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Answer 2

Following is my simplest solution to this lengthy trouble.

<FrameLayout
    android:layout_width="112dp"
    android:layout_height="112dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="16dp" <!-- May vary according to your needs -->
    android:layout_marginRight="16dp" <!-- May vary according to your needs -->
    android:layout_centerVertical="true">
    <!-- following imageView acts as the boarder which sitting in the background of our main container ImageView -->
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="112dp"
        android:layout_height="112dp"
        android:background="#000"/>
    <!-- following imageView holds the image as the container to our image -->
    <!-- layout_margin defines the width of our boarder, here it's 1dp -->
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="110dp"
        android:layout_height="110dp"
        android:layout_margin="1dp"
        android:id="@+id/itemImageThumbnailImgVw"
        android:src="@drawable/banana"
        android:background="#FFF"/> </FrameLayout>

In the following answer I've explained it well enough, please have a look at that too!

I hope this will be helpful to someone else out there!

Answer 3

Add a background Drawable like res/drawables/background.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />
  <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="@android:color/black" />
</shape>

Update the ImageView background in res/layout/foo.xml:

...
<ImageView
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:padding="1dp"
  android:background="@drawable/background"
  android:src="@drawable/bar" />
...

Exclude the ImageView padding if you want the src to draw over the background.

Answer 4

I set the below xml to the background of the Image View as Drawable. It works.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#000000" />
    <padding android:left="1dp" android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp"
        android:bottom="1dp" />
</shape>

And then add android:background="@drawable/yourXmlFileName" to your ImageView

Answer 5

I found it so much easier to do this:

1) Edit the frame to have the content inside (with 9patch tool).

2) Place the ImageView inside a Linearlayout, and set the frame background or colour you want as the background of the Linearlayout. As you set the frame to have the content inside itself, your ImageView will be inside the frame (right where you set the content with the 9patch tool).

Answer 6

In the same xml I have used next:

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="#ffffff" <!-- border color -->
        android:padding="3dp"> <!-- border width -->

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="160dp"
            android:layout_height="120dp"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
    </RelativeLayout>