Question

I’m trying to give my webView rounded corners.

Here is my code:

rounded_webview.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" android:padding="10dp">
 <solid android:color="#000"/>
    <corners
     android:bottomRightRadius="15dp"
     android:bottomLeftRadius="15dp"
  android:topLeftRadius="15dp"
  android:topRightRadius="15dp"/>
</shape>

And here is my webView:

<WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView1"
        android:layout_width="293dp"
        android:layout_height="142dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:padding="5dip"
        android:background="@drawable/rounded_webview"/>

But it simply won’t work! Corners are not rounded…

Answer 1

The only way is wrap WebView element by other view (FrameLayout for example), and apply rounded corners background on external view.
Example:

<FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:paddingTop="10dip"
        android:paddingBottom="10dip"
        android:paddingLeft="1dip"
        android:paddingRight="1dip"
        android:background="@drawable/white_rounded_area"
        >
    <WebView
            android:id="@+id/web_view"
            android:layout_width="300dip"
            android:layout_height="400dip"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            />
</FrameLayout>

Where paddingTop and paddingBottom equals radius from drawable/white_rounded_area,
paddingLeft and paddingRight equals stroke width drawable/white_rounded_area.

Minus of this approach is top an bottom rounded panels can have different background color with web page inside WebView, especially when page scrolled.