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Change The Shape Of Button In Android Application

Example

1. Add a shape resource in drawable folder. For that
   1. Right-click on the res folder.
   2. Click on New → Android Resource File
   
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   3. Following window will appear
   
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   4. Change the ‘Resource Type’ to ‘Drawable’, ‘Root element’ to ‘shape’ and ‘File name’ as ‘myshape’.
   5. Click Ok.
2. Add following code in myshape.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
    <stroke android:color="#ff0000"></stroke>
    <gradient android:endColor="@color/design_default_color_primary"
       android:startColor="@color/colorPrimaryDark" android:angle="90"></gradient>
</shape>




3. Change the button’s background to myshape