Question

I want to style the lisview in my application as seen is this image

I have tried to develop it by applying gradient :

code for list_item_normal is :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >

    <gradient
        android:centerColor="#E6E6E6"
        android:endColor="#CCCCCC"
        android:startColor="#FFFFFF" 
        android:angle="270"/>
    <!--
        <gradient
        android:startColor="#FF7500"
        android:centerColor="#FFCC00"
        android:endColor="#FF7500"
        android:angle="270"/>
    -->

    <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        android:color="#A0000000" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="8dp"
        android:left="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
        android:top="8dp" />

    <corners android:radius="5dp" />

</shape>

code for list_item_pressed.xml is :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <gradient
        android:centerColor="#E6E6E6"
        android:endColor="#CCCCCC"
        android:startColor="#FFFFFF" android:angle="270"/>
    <!--
         <gradient android:startColor="#FF66CFE6" android:centerColor="#FF207FB9" 
        android:endColor="#FF0060B8" android:angle="270"/>
    -->

    <stroke
        android:width="2dp"
        android:color="#80000000" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="8dp"
        android:left="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
        android:top="8dp" />

    <corners android:radius="7dp" />

</shape>

code for list_item_pressed.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <gradient
        android:centerColor="#E6E6E6"
        android:endColor="#CCCCCC"
        android:startColor="#FFFFFF" android:angle="270"/>
    <!--
         <gradient android:startColor="#FF66CFE6" android:centerColor="#FF207FB9" 
        android:endColor="#FF0060B8" android:angle="270"/>
    -->

    <stroke
        android:width="2dp"
        android:color="#80000000" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="8dp"
        android:left="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
        android:top="8dp" />

    <corners android:radius="7dp" />

</shape>

and list_gradient.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item android:state_pressed="true"
          android:drawable="@drawable/list_item_pressed" />

    <item android:state_focused="true"
          android:drawable="@drawable/list_item_selected" />

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/list_item_normal" />

</selector>

and i have applied this style on custom listitem like :

<TextView
    .../>

<ImageView
   ... />

and the main.xml in which i have lisview is :

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/List"
    style="@style/list_item_gradient"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:clickable="true" >
</ListView>

and i am getting output as shown below :

Please help me by telling what i am doing wrong..

Thanks
Shruti

Answer 1

Do you know about Dithering? Check this: http://android.amberfog.com/?p=247.

Also check these questions:

1. How to draw a smooth/dithered gradient on a canvas in Android
2. Android view dithering

And yes, i would suggest to create custom adapter for your LitsView, in which you just have to create one custom row xml layout file and apply the background image for one time.