Android: give a webview rounded corners?

Question

I'm trying to give my webView rounded corners.

Here is my code:

rounded_webview.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" android:padding="10dp">
 <solid android:color="#000"/>
    <corners
     android:bottomRightRadius="15dp"
     android:bottomLeftRadius="15dp"
  android:topLeftRadius="15dp"
  android:topRightRadius="15dp"/>
</shape>

And here is my webView:

<WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView1"
        android:layout_width="293dp"
        android:layout_height="142dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:padding="5dip"
        android:background="@drawable/rounded_webview"/>

But it simply won't work! Corners are not rounded...

Answer 1

This is a little quirk of Webview, it has a default background color of white, drawn in front of any drawables. You'll need to use the following code to make it transparent and show your drawable background:

WebView webview = (WebView)findViewById(R.id.webView1);        
webview.setBackgroundColor(0);