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Create Custom Button Like Zoom In Android Map

February 9, 2016 by blogmeister·0 Comments

The only way to have a custom button like the zoom buttons in Android map is to make one of your own. The way I did this is to have an XML drawable assigned to the ImageButton. It is pretty simple.

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:state_pressed="true"
        android:state_enabled="true">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <corners android:radius="2dp"/>
            <solid android:color="#95cccccc"/>
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item android:state_enabled="true">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <corners android:radius="2dp"/>
            <solid android:color="#95ffffff"/>
        </shape>
    </item>
</selector>

<item

android:state_pressed="true"

android:state_enabled="true">

</shape>

</item>

</shape>

</item>

</selector>

Then assign this as background to the ImageButton widget. Your image should be assigned to the source attribute.

That’s it!

How To Set A Custom Keystore In Android Studio

April 7, 2015 by blogmeister·0 Comments

Easy.

Go to File > Project Structure
Select your project then go to Signing Tab
Under Store File, click the + button and select your custom keystore file
Enter the key alias, password and the store password

That’s it!

Custom CheckBox Drawable Gets Cut Off In Android

April 26, 2014 by blogmeister·0 Comments

The solution to this problem is not to use the android:button attribute of the CheckBox widget. Instead, set it to null as well as the android:background attribute and use android:drawableLeft to assign your custom CheckBox drawable.

Here is the complete sample XML code:

<CheckBox android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="My Checkbox" android:id="@+id/checkboxid"
    android:button="@null" android:background="@null"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/mycustomdrawable"
    android:drawablePadding="10dp" 
/>

<CheckBox android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:text="My Checkbox" android:id="@+id/checkboxid"

android:button="@null" android:background="@null"

android:drawableLeft="@drawable/mycustomdrawable"

android:drawablePadding="10dp"

The attribute android:drawablePadding is used to place a gap between the image and the text so this is fairly optional.

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Create Custom Button Like Zoom In Android Map

How To Set A Custom Keystore In Android Studio

Custom CheckBox Drawable Gets Cut Off In Android