Question

i have a design which demands a background like the image below for the number on the right hand side. Is there any we can achieve this in Android ?

Will i need to make a 9 patch image and set it as a background ?

Answer 1

First, create a shape to have rounded corners.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="#FFFFFF"/>
    <corners android:radius="5px"/>
    <padding android:left="0dp" android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="0dp" /> 
</shape>

Then apply this as the background to your Views:

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/rounded_edges">
    <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/mytext"
        android:layout_width="200dip"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="blah blah blah blah"
        android:padding="6dip"
        android:textColor="#000000" />
</LinearLayout>

You may need to do some tweaking. You may even be able to discard the LinearLayout and set the android:background of the TextView to @drawable/rounded_edges