Border for an Image view in Android?

How can I set a border for an ImageView and change its color in Android?

I set the below xml to the background of the Image View as Drawable. It works.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#000000" />
    <padding android:left="1dp" android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp"
        android:bottom="1dp" />
</shape>

And then add android:background="@drawable/yourXmlFileName" to your ImageView

Following is the code that i used to have black border. Note that i have not used extra xml file for border.

<ImageView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:src="@drawable/red_minus_icon"
    android:background="#000000"
    android:padding="1dp"/>

ImageView in xml file

<ImageView
            android:id="@+id/myImage"
            android:layout_width="100dp"
            android:layout_height="100dp"

            android:padding="1dp"
            android:scaleType="centerCrop"
            android:cropToPadding="true"
            android:background="@drawable/border_image"

            android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

save below code with the name of border_image.xml and it should be in drawable folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <gradient
        android:angle="270"
        android:endColor="#ffffff"
        android:startColor="#ffffff" />

    <corners android:radius="0dp" />

    <stroke
        android:width="0.7dp"
        android:color="#b4b4b4" />
</shape>

if you want to give rounded corner to the border of image then you may change a line in border.xml file

<corners android:radius="4dp" />

This is an old post I know, but I thought this might possibly help someone out there.

If you want to simulate a translucent border that doesn't overlap the shape's "solid" color, then use this in your xml. Note that I don't use the "stroke" tag here at all as it seems to always overlap the actual drawn shape.

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <solid android:color="#55111111" />

            <padding
                android:bottom="10dp"
                android:left="10dp"
                android:right="10dp"
                android:top="10dp" />

            <corners android:radius="5dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <padding
                android:bottom="5dp"
                android:left="5dp"
                android:right="5dp"
                android:top="5dp" />

            <solid android:color="#ff252525" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Create Border

Create an xml file (e.g. "frame_image_view.xml") with the following content in your drawable folder:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <stroke
        android:width="@dimen/borderThickness"
        android:color="@color/borderColor" />
    <padding
        android:bottom="@dimen/borderThickness"
        android:left="@dimen/borderThickness"
        android:right="@dimen/borderThickness"
        android:top="@dimen/borderThickness" />
    <corners android:radius="1dp" /> <!-- remove line to get sharp corners -->
</shape>

Replace @dimen/borderThickness and @color/borderColor with whatever you want or add corresponding dimen / color.

Add the Drawable as background to your ImageView:

<ImageView
        android:id="@+id/my_image_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/frame_image_view"
        android:cropToPadding="true"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
        android:scaleType="fitCenter" />

You have to use android:cropToPadding="true", otherwise the defined padding has no effect. Alternatively use android:padding="@dimen/borderThickness" in your ImageView to achieve the same. If the border frames the parent instead of your ImageView, try to use android:adjustViewBounds="true".

Change Color of Border

The easiest way to change your border color in code is using the tintBackgound attribute.

ImageView img = findViewById(R.id.my_image_view);
img.setBackgroundTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(Color.RED); // changes border color to red

or

ImageView img = findViewById(R.id.my_image_view);
img.setBackgroundTintList(getColorStateList(R.color.newColor));

Don't forget to define your newColor.