how to add border to a text in textview android

Question

In Android, how can you add a border around a text? I want a border around the text in TextView not around the TextView.Is there any way to do it in? If so, please point me to the proper steps needed to do..

Answer 1

Try this..

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/hello_world"
    android:textColor="#f8f36a"
    android:textSize="65sp"
    android:shadowColor="#ff0000" 
    android:shadowRadius="2"/>

and the result is

You can create custom border for text like this..Here is a sample application.

Answer 2

You can create style for this..

Here is sample style for borderline on text..

Style.xml

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 <style name="shadoweffect">
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">4px</item>
        <item name="android:paddingBottom">4px</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>
        <item name="android:textSize">25sp</item>
        <item name="android:shadowColor">#000000</item>
        <item name="android:shadowDx">0</item>
        <item name="android:shadowDy">0</item>
        <item name="android:shadowRadius">3</item>
    </style>

</resources>

Apply style on your TextView

 <TextView
      style="@style/shadoweffect"
      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
      android:text="your_text" />