Question

in my app i want to place a rounded corner background in an activity. The image i want is as follows

The background image of my app is to be a white screen and inside my rounded corner background i need white spaces.
So to identify corners of the rounded background i need to give a black color for it. But my image appears as follows.

Following is my code for rounded background

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <solid android:color="#ffffff" /> 
  <stroke android:width="3dp" color="#ff000000" /> 
  <corners android:radius="15dp" android:color="#ababab" /> 
  <padding android:left="10dp" android:top="10dp" android:right="10dp" android:bottom="10dp" /> 
</shape>

How to get the black color as my corner color

Answer 1

Here’s an example that does almost exactly what you request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    <gradient android:startColor="#FFFFFFFF" android:endColor="#A4A4A4"
        android:angle="270" />
    <corners android:radius="5dp" />
    <stroke android:color="#4B4B4B" android:width="1dp" />
</shape>

From the great tutorial at: http://blog.stylingandroid.com/