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:
android:startColor="#ff9d9e9d"
android:centerColor="#ff5a5d5a"
android:centerY="0.75"
android:endColor="#ff747674"
android:angle="180"
/>
android:startColor="#80ffd300"
android:centerColor="#80ffb600"
android:centerY="0.75"
android:endColor="#a0ffcb00"
android:angle="180"
/>
android:startColor="#ffffd300"
android:centerColor="#ffffb600"
android:centerY="0.75"
android:endColor="#ffffcb00"
android:angle="180"
/>
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:
true
repeat
3500
48dip
48dip
48dip
48dip
false
@drawable/progress_bar_vertical
@android:drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal
1dip
12dip
Add your new vertical progress bar to your layout. Here's an example:
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!
by jagsaund from http://stackoverflow.com