Android - set a ProgressBar to be a vertical bar instead of horizontal?

Solution 1:

I had recently come across the need for a vertical progress bar but was unable to find a solution using the existing Progress Bar widget. The solutions I came across generally required an extension of the current Progress Bar or a completely new class in it self. I wasn't convinced rolling out a new class to achieve a simple orientation change was necessary.

This article presents a simple, elegant, and most importantly, a no-hack solution to achieving a vertical progress bar. I'm going to skip the explanation and simply provide a cookie cutter solution. If you require further details feel free to contact me or leave a comment below.

Create an xml in your drawable folder (not drawable-hdpi or drawable-mdpi -- place it in drawable). For this example I call my xml vertical_progress_bar.xml

Here's what to place in the xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <shape>
      <corners android:radius="5dip" />
      <gradient
        android:startColor="#ff9d9e9d"
        android:centerColor="#ff5a5d5a"
        android:centerY="0.75"
        android:endColor="#ff747674"
        android:angle="180"
      />
    </shape>
  </item>
  <item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
    <clip android:clipOrientation="vertical" android:gravity="bottom">
      <shape>
        <corners android:radius="5dip" />
        <gradient
          android:startColor="#80ffd300"
          android:centerColor="#80ffb600"
          android:centerY="0.75"
          android:endColor="#a0ffcb00"
          android:angle="180"
        />
      </shape>
    </clip>
  </item>
  <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip android:clipOrientation="vertical" android:gravity="bottom">
      <shape>
        <corners android:radius="5dip" />
        <gradient
          android:startColor="#ffffd300"
          android:centerColor="#ffffb600"
          android:centerY="0.75"
          android:endColor="#ffffcb00"
          android:angle="180"
        />
      </shape>
    </clip>
</item>
</layer-list>

Create an xml file called styles.xml and place it in res/values. If your project already contains styles.xml in res/values then skip this step.

Modify your styles.xml file and append the following code to the end of the file:

<style name="Widget">
</style>
<style name="Widget.ProgressBar">
  <item name="android:indeterminateOnly">true</item>
  <item name="android:indeterminateBehavior">repeat</item>
  <item name="android:indeterminateDuration">3500</item>
  <item name="android:minWidth">48dip</item>
  <item name="android:maxWidth">48dip</item>
  <item name="android:minHeight">48dip</item>
  <item name="android:maxHeight">48dip</item>
</style>
<style name="Widget.ProgressBar.Vertical">
  <item name="android:indeterminateOnly">false</item>
  <item name="android:progressDrawable">@drawable/progress_bar_vertical</item>
  <item name="android:indeterminateDrawable">@android:drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal</item>
  <item name="android:minWidth">1dip</item>
  <item name="android:maxWidth">12dip</item>
</style>

Add your new vertical progress bar to your layout. Here's an example:

<ProgressBar
  android:id="@+id/vertical_progressbar"
  android:layout_width="12dip"
  android:layout_height="300dip"
  style="@style/Widget.ProgressBar.Vertical"
/>

That should be all you need to do to make use of a vertical progress bar in your project. Optionally, you might have custom drawable nine-patch images that you are using for the progress bar. You should make the appropriate changes in the progress_bar_vertical.xml file. I hope this helps you out in your project!

Solution 2:

You have to create your own custom progressbar.

In your xml add this layout:

 <com.example.component.VerticalProgressBar 
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
        android:id="@+id/verticalRatingBar1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:progress="50"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

VerticalProgressBar.java

public class VerticalProgressBar extends ProgressBar{
    private int x, y, z, w;

    @Override
    protected void drawableStateChanged() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.drawableStateChanged();
    }

    public VerticalProgressBar(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public VerticalProgressBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    public VerticalProgressBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
        super.onSizeChanged(h, w, oldh, oldw);
        this.x = w;
        this.y = h;
        this.z = oldw;
        this.w = oldh;
    }

    @Override
    protected synchronized void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec,
            int heightMeasureSpec) {
        super.onMeasure(heightMeasureSpec, widthMeasureSpec);
        setMeasuredDimension(getMeasuredHeight(), getMeasuredWidth());
    }

    protected void onDraw(Canvas c) {
        c.rotate(-90);
        c.translate(-getHeight(), 0);
        super.onDraw(c);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        if (!isEnabled()) {
            return false;
        }

        switch (event.getAction()) {
        case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:

            setSelected(true);
            setPressed(true);
            break;
        case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
            setProgress(getMax()
                    - (int) (getMax() * event.getY() / getHeight()));
            onSizeChanged(getWidth(), getHeight(), 0, 0);

            break;
        case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
            setSelected(false);
            setPressed(false);
            break;

        case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
            break;
        }
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public synchronized void setProgress(int progress) {

        if (progress >= 0)
            super.setProgress(progress);

        else
            super.setProgress(0);
        onSizeChanged(x, y, z, w);

    }
}

Or : Jagsaund solution is also being perfect.

Solution 3:

I know that it´s an old post but I found a very simple solution to this problem that maybe can help somebody. First at all create a progress_drawable_vertical.xml like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <color android:color="#777" />
</item>
<item android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip
        android:clipOrientation="vertical"
        android:gravity="bottom">
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:startColor="#00FF00"
                android:centerColor="#FFFF00"
                android:endColor="#FF0000"
                android:angle="90" />
        </shape>
    </clip>
</item>
</layer-list>

Then just use this in your progressBar:

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/progress_bar"
    style="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:max="100"
    android:progress="33"
    android:progressDrawable="@drawable/progress_drawable_vertical" />

I also have created an progress_drawable_horizontal.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <color android:color="#777" />
</item>
<item android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip
        android:clipOrientation="horizontal"
        android:gravity="left">
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:startColor="#00FF00"
                android:centerColor="#FFFF00"
                android:endColor="#FF0000" />
        </shape>
    </clip>
</item>
</layer-list>

with the objetive of mantain the same style defined in progress_drawable_vertical.xml

The key here is the correct use of android:clipOrientation and android:gravity.

I found this solution here and the core of the solution is similar to jagsaund but a little bit more simple.

Solution 4:

I found the probably best(easiest & most versatile) solution:)

This is an old post, but it was so hard for me to find this so easy solution so I thought I should post it..

Just use a scale-drawable (or a 9-patch if you want), no need for ANY OTHER code.

Example:

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">  

    <item android:id="@android:id/background" android:drawable="@color/transparent"/>  

    <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
        <scale android:scaleGravity="bottom" android:scaleWidth="0%" android:scaleHeight="100%">
            <shape >
                <solid android:color="@color/blue"/>
                <corners android:topRightRadius="1dp" android:topLeftRadius="1dp"/>
            </shape>
        </scale>
    </item>
</layer-list>  

And of course the normal code:

<ProgressBar
    android:id="@+id/progress_bar"
    style="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
    android:layout_width="24dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:max="1000"
    android:progress="200"
    android:progressDrawable="@drawable/progress_scale_drawable" />  

Notice the scale-drawable's xml lines (the magic lines):

android:scaleGravity="bottom"  //scale from 0 in y axis (default scales from center Y)  
android:scaleWidth="0%"        //don't scale width (according to 'progress')
android:scaleHeight="100%"     //do scale the height of the drawable

Solution 5:

This perfectly works

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:id="@android:id/background">
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:startColor="#DDDDDD"
                android:centerColor="#DDDDDD"
                android:centerY="0.75"
                android:endColor="#DDDDDD"
                android:angle="270"
                />
        </shape>
    </item>

    <item
        android:id="@android:id/progress">
        <clip
            android:clipOrientation="vertical"
            android:gravity="top">
            <shape>
                <gradient
                    android:angle="0"
                    android:startColor="#302367"
                    android:centerColor="#7A5667"
                    android:endColor="#C86D67"/>
            </shape>
        </clip>
    </item>
</layer-list>

    <ProgressBar
            android:id="@+id/progress_bar"
            style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
            android:layout_width="5dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"`enter code here`
            android:progressDrawable="@drawable/progress_dialog"/>