Add shadow to custom shape on Android

Solution 1:

After Lots of search finally I got this

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

<!-- Bottom 2dp Shadow -->
<item>
    <shape  android:shape="rectangle">

        <solid android:color="#d8d8d8" />
        <corners android:radius="7dp" />

    </shape>
</item>

<!-- White Top color -->
<item android:bottom="3px">

    <shape  android:shape="rectangle">

    <solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
    <corners android:radius="7dp" />


    </shape>

</item>


</layer-list>

Solution 2:

This is how I do it:

Code bellow for one button STATE:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <!-- "background shadow" -->
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <solid android:color="#000000" />

            <corners android:radius="15dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <!-- background color -->
    <item
        android:bottom="3px"
        android:left="3px"
        android:right="3px"
        android:top="3px">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <solid android:color="#cc2b2b" />


            <corners android:radius="8dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <!-- over left shadow -->
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <gradient
                android:angle="180"
                android:centerColor="#00FF0000"
                android:centerX="0.9"
                android:endColor="#99000000"
                android:startColor="#00FF0000" />

            <corners android:radius="8dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <!-- over right shadow -->
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <gradient
                android:angle="360"
                android:centerColor="#00FF0000"
                android:centerX="0.9"
                android:endColor="#99000000"
                android:startColor="#00FF0000" />

            <corners android:radius="8dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <!-- over top shadow -->
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <gradient
                android:angle="-90"
                android:centerColor="#00FF0000"
                android:centerY="0.9"
                android:endColor="#00FF0000"
                android:startColor="#99000000"
                android:type="linear" />

            <corners android:radius="8dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <!-- over bottom shadow -->
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <gradient
                android:angle="90"
                android:centerColor="#00FF0000"
                android:centerY="0.9"
                android:endColor="#00FF0000"
                android:startColor="#99000000"
                android:type="linear" />

            <corners android:radius="8dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Then you should have a selector with diferent versions of the button, something like:

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

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_button_red_pressed" android:state_pressed="true"/> <!-- pressed -->
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_button_red_selected" android:state_focused="true"/> <!-- focused -->
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_button_red_selected" android:state_selected="true"/> <!-- selected -->
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_button_red_default"/> <!-- default -->

</selector>

hope this can help you..good luck

Solution 3:

This is my version of a drop shadow. I was going for a hazy shadow all around the shape and used this answer by Joakim Lundborg as my starting point. What I changed is to add corners to all the shadow items and to increase the radius of the corner for each subsequent shadow item. So here is the xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <!-- Drop Shadow Stack -->
    <item>
        <shape>
            <padding android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="#02000000" />
            <corners android:radius="8dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <padding android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="#05000000" />
            <corners android:radius="7dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <padding android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="#10000000" />
            <corners android:radius="6dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <padding android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="#15000000" />
            <corners android:radius="5dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <padding android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="#20000000" />
            <corners android:radius="4dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <padding android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="#25000000" />
            <corners android:radius="3dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item>
        <shape>
            <padding android:top="1dp" android:right="1dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="#30000000" />
            <corners android:radius="3dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>

    <!-- Background -->
    <item>
    <shape>
            <solid android:color="#0099CC" />
        <corners android:radius="3dp" />
    </shape>
   </item>
</layer-list>

Solution 4:

I think this method produces very good results:

<!-- Drop Shadow Stack -->
<item>
    <shape>
        <padding
                android:top="1dp"
                android:right="1dp"
                android:bottom="1dp"
                android:left="1dp"/>
        <solid android:color="#00CCCCCC"/>
    </shape>
</item>
<item>
    <shape>
        <padding
                android:top="1dp"
                android:right="1dp"
                android:bottom="1dp"
                android:left="1dp"/>
        <solid android:color="#10CCCCCC"/>
    </shape>
</item>
<item>
    <shape>
        <padding
                android:top="1dp"
                android:right="1dp"
                android:bottom="1dp"
                android:left="1dp"/>
        <solid android:color="#20CCCCCC"/>
    </shape>
</item>
<item>
    <shape>
        <padding
                android:top="1dp"
                android:right="1dp"
                android:bottom="1dp"
                android:left="1dp"/>
        <solid android:color="#30CCCCCC"/>
    </shape>
</item>
<item>
    <shape>
        <padding
                android:top="1dp"
                android:right="1dp"
                android:bottom="1dp"
                android:left="1dp"/>
        <solid android:color="#50CCCCCC"/>
    </shape>
</item>

<item>

    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
        <stroke android:color="#CCC" android:width="1dp"/>
        <solid android:color="#FFF" />
        <corners android:radius="2dp" />

    </shape>

</item>

Solution 5:

The following worked for me: Just save as custom_shape.xml.

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

    <!-- "shadow" -->
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
           <solid android:color="#000000"/>
           <corners android:radius="12dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>


    <item android:bottom="3px">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle"> 
            <solid android:color="#90ffffff"/>
            <corners android:radius="12dp" />
         </shape>
    </item>

</layer-list>