how to set shadow to a View in android?

android, shadow, view

Solution

There are a simple trick, using two views that form the shadow.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:background="#CC55CC">
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical">
        <TableLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:stretchColumns="0">
            <TableRow>
                <LinearLayout
                    android:id="@+id/content"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
                    <TextView  
                        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:background="#FFFFFF" 
                        android:text="@string/hello" />
                </LinearLayout>
                <View
                    android:layout_width="5dp"
                    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                    android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                    android:background="#55000000"/>
            </TableRow>
        </TableLayout>
        <View
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="5dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
            android:background="#55000000"/>
    </LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>

Hope this help.

Problem

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