Android dotted underline is staying in middle of textview

Question

I want to show a dotted underline below the textview, following are my codes

<TextView
  android:id="@+id/contact_num"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:paddingTop="4dp"
  android:text="1234567890"
  android:background="@drawable/dashed_line"
  android:layerType="software"
  android:textSize="20dp" />

dashed_line.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="line">

    <stroke
        android:color="@color/oceanBlue"
        android:dashWidth="2dp"
        android:dashGap="3dp"
        android:width="1dp"/>
</shape>

and the textview looks as above

can anyone help me to get the dotted line below to the textview?

tried with drawableBottom also but no use

android:drawableBottom="@drawable/dashed_line"

Answer 1

use this file for dotted line :

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item
        android:left="-5dp"
        android:right="-5dp"
        android:top="-5dp">
        <shape
            android:shape="rectangle">

            <stroke
              android:color="@color/oceanBlue"
              android:dashWidth="2dp"
              android:dashGap="3dp"
              android:width="1dp"/>
        </shape>
    </item>

</layer-list>

then add

android:background="@drawable/dashed_line"

Answer 2

You can also use like this(Under Line)

    TextView contacttv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.contactTextView);

    contacttv.setPaintFlags(contacttv.getPaintFlags() | Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);