Question

I’m making chatting application for my school’s assignment.

In my opinion, the default EditText in Android does not looks good. I want to make it looks like the URL box in Android’s Chrome:

I have seen this design used in other applications such as Catch Notes (which looks beautiful).

So, is there any built-in option to change the EditText or we must draw it from scratch? Can anyone give link? I tried googling it, but I don’t know the correct term

Thanks

Answer 1

Blindly use below layout style..
You will have your layout ready. Just replace the button backgrounds and your are done.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal" 
    android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
    android:padding="5dip"
    android:gravity="center">
    <LinearLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@android:color/white"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:padding="5dip">
        <EditText android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Type URL"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"/>
        <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Refresh"/>
    </LinearLayout>
    <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="btn1"/>
    <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="btn2"/>
</LinearLayout>