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Asked: 2026-05-15T15:24:38+00:00

I use a SeekBar in my application and I would like to customize it

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I use a SeekBar in my application and I would like to customize it a little bit. I already figured out how to change the Drawable for the thumb and for the background.

My question is how to change the size of the SeekBar? If I just change the height of the SeekBar like this, theViewis only clipped and it only shows the top piece of theSeekBar`: 

<SeekBar
   android:layout_height="10dip"
   style="@style/seekbar_style" />

How do I change the overall size of the Seekbar? I want it to be much thinner then the standard SeekBar.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m not sure about Seekbars, but Progressbars can be customized by using a custom style (defined in your styles.xml) like so:

    <style name="MyCustomProgressStyle">
    <item name="android:indeterminateOnly">false</item>
    <item name="android:progressDrawable">@drawable/custom_progress_drawable</item>
    <item name="android:indeterminateDrawable">@android:drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal</item>
    <item name="android:minHeight">10dip</item>
    <item name="android:maxHeight">10dip</item>
</style>

    Then you can set up a custom drawable based on the android system’s progress_horizontal.xml (it’s in the frameworks/base/core/res/drawable folder of an AOSP checkout). Here’s an example from an open-source project.

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