add border to edittext control in android

Question

i want to add a grey border to my edittext control. How do i add such a border, either via xml or programatically.

thank you in advance.

Answer 1

You need to make a nine-patch image and set it as a background of your EditText control:

<EditText android:background="@drawable/your_background"/>

It's better to use nine-patch because of its scaling capability.