How to make a custom progress bar in Android

Question

I need help in doing a custom progress bar. I would like to change the stock android progress bar like this one: http://i56.tinypic.com/dlgbae.jpg

To something like this or any other shape:

http://i52.tinypic.com/2r750dh.jpg

Can someone point me to the right direction, please? Thanks

Answer 1

You need to load different Drawable for the progress bar

Simple way to do this is just using

android:progressDrawable="@drawable/myprogbar_new_drawable"

Either put PNG in res/drawable folder in your project or create your own xml with specify colors/gradients/shapes etc.