Create shadow for dialog
android, android-layout
Solution
I have created my own custom dialog with a dropped shadow, you can use it as your desire, in the first step you should create a Android shape for both shadow and dialog frame. Here is what I have supplied (dialog_frame_shadow.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle"> <!-- this shape is used as shadow -->
<padding android:bottom="5dp"
android:left="5dp"
android:right="5dp"
android:top="5dp"/>
<solid android:color="#44000000"/>
<corners android:radius="5dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle"> <!-- this is for dialog frame -->
<corners android:radius="5dp"/>
<stroke android:color="#ff272727" android:width="2dp" />
<gradient android:angle="90"
android:startColor="#ffa7a7a7"
android:centerColor="#ff6a6a6a"
android:endColor="#ffa7a7a7"
android:type="linear"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
In the next step you should change your dialog theme as what is in the following:
<style name="my_dialog_theme">
...
<item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/dialog_frame_shadow</item>
...
</style>
Now you are done, just create a new instance of the `Dialog` class and apply this theme to it (in Dialog constructor):
Dialog dialog = new Dialog(this, R.style.my_dialog_theme);
dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.mdialog);
dialog.show();
Here is its screenshot:
Problem
I want to create a shadow for my custom dialog is that possible ? ``` GhazalActivity.public void viewShareMenu() { Dialog share=new Dialog(this,R.style.shareDialogStyle); share.setContentView(R.layout.share_popup_layout); LayoutParams params = share.getWindow().getAttributes(); params.y = this.getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.topbar_height); params.gravity=(Gravity.RIGHT|Gravity.TOP); share.getWindow().setAttributes(params); share.show(); } ``` styles.xml : ``` <style name="shareDialogStyle" parent="android:style/Theme.Dialog"> <item name="android:windowBackground">@color/transparent</item> <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item> <item name="android:fadeEnabled">true</item> <item name="android:fadeDuration">1500</item> <item name="android:shadowColor">@color/temp</item> <item name="android:shadowDx">0</item> <item name="android:shadowDy">5</item> <item name="android:shadowRadius">10</item> <item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item> </style> ``` share_popup_layout.xml : ``` <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="150dip" android:background="@color/bg_Ghazal_share_menu" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" > <Button android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="right" style="@style/shareDialogButtons"/> </LinearLayout> ``` is there any solution for doing that ?