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Asked: May 19, 20262026-05-19T15:09:22+00:00 2026-05-19T15:09:22+00:00

I would like to customize the way the default EditText is drawn on the

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I would like to customize the way the default EditText is drawn on the screen, I have this code:

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

 <item android:state_pressed="true" >
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
    <solid
        android:color="#00ff00" />
    <stroke
        android:width="5dp"
        android:color="#ff0000"
        android:dashWidth="3dp"
        android:dashGap="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>

<item android:state_focused="true" >
<shape>
    <gradient
        android:endColor="#8dc73f"
        android:centerColor="#d4d4d4"
        android:startColor="#d4d4d4"
        android:centerX="0.5"
        android:centerY="0.5"
        android:angle="270" />
    <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        color="#8dc73f" />
    <corners
        android:radius="6dp" />
    <padding
        android:left="10dp"
        android:top="10dp"
        android:right="10dp"
        android:bottom="10dp" />
</shape>
</item>
 <item>        
 <shape>
     <gradient
        android:endColor="#d4d4d4"
        android:centerColor="#d4d4d4"
        android:startColor="#d4d4d4"
        android:angle="270" />
     <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        color="#00ff00" />
     <corners
        android:radius="7dp" />
   </shape>
   </item>
  </selector>

which works fine but the problem is that on the focused state I would like to apply the effect round of the EditText and note inside, like the default android effect is applied. Is this possible and how? I haven’t found a solution, the above code only applies the effect inside the EditText.

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    2026-05-19T15:09:22+00:00Added an answer on May 19, 2026 at 3:09 pm

    Have you checked out the Notepad sample? They have a custom TextEdit class that draws a line between each row of text:

    http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/NotePad/src/com/example/android/notepad/NoteEditor.html

    Could you override onDraw() the same way to do what you’re looking for?

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