Shape + Selector: Make a Shape as one item of the Selector

Generally, I use a selector to select pictures or colors to render the normal and the pressed background for View. And use a Shape to draw a fixed background with border, round, gradient and other UI effect for View.

What if you wanna use them both for one View?

Make a Shape as one item of the Selector.

Selector selects background from Shape list.

Below is a sample.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<selector xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”>
    <item android:state_pressed=”true”>
            <shape android:shape=”rectangle”>
                  <solid android:color=”@color/background_pressed” />
                  <stroke android:width=”@dimen/gap_2″ android:color=”@color/linecolor” />
                  <padding android:bottom=”@dimen/gap_2″ android:left=”@dimen/gap_2″                                     android:right=”@dimen/gap_2″ android:top=”@dimen/gap_2″ />
            </shape>
     </item>

     <item>
         <shape android:shape=”rectangle”>
              <solid android:color=”@color/background_normal” />
              <stroke android:width=”@dimen/gap_2″ android:color=”@color/linecolor” />
              <padding android:bottom=”@dimen/gap_2″ android:left=”@dimen/gap_2″                                          android:right=”@dimen/gap_2″ android:top=”@dimen/gap_2″ />
         </shape>
     </item>
</selector>