Question

I’ve defined a custom shape in my res/drawable folder:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="line">
    <stroke
        android:color="#FF404040"
        android:width="1dp"
        android:dashGap="3dp"
        android:dashWidth="3dp"
    />
    <size
        android:height="1dp"
    />
</shape>

I’m using it as a background for one of my views. The shape is positioned vertically centered inside the view, but I want it to appear at the bottom of the view instead, is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

I am not sure there is a way to do position shape inside a view. However as a workaround I would consider something like this.

<RelativeLayout >
    <OldView with shape as background now without any background
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
    <View with this shape as background 
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

This will supposedly give you what you want to achieve.