How to draw borders and separators on a View

Question

I'm developing an App, and I need to draw borders and separators on a View, like the eBay app.

I think on a combination of shapes and view with 1dp. There is another easy way?

Many thanks.

Answer 1

Create a 9-patch image for the outside border. Use that as the background resource and it will give you the rounded corners with solid border. For dividers, you can create a simple view and have another background resource that's a simple image with the same color as the border in the 9-patch.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">

    <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/roundedborder"
            android:orientation="vertical">

        <!-- Put Saved Searches display code here.  Probably LinearLayout/horizonal -->
        <TextView
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="1dp"
                android:background="@drawable/simpleborder"
                android:layout_margin="3dp"/> <!-- Spacer! -->

        <!-- Put Favorite sellers display code here.  Probably LinearLayout/horizonal -->

    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>