How to make gradient background in android

Question

Visual examples help with this kind of question.

Boilerplate

In order to create a gradient, you create an xml file in res/drawable. I am calling mine my_gradient_drawable.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <gradient
        android:type="linear"
        android:angle="0"
        android:startColor="#f6ee19"
        android:endColor="#115ede" />
</shape>

You set it to the background of some view. For example:

<View
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="100dp"
    android:background="@drawable/my_gradient_drawable"/>

type="linear"

Set the angle for a linear type. It must be a multiple of 45 degrees.

<gradient
    android:type="linear"
    android:angle="0"
    android:startColor="#f6ee19"
    android:endColor="#115ede" />

type="radial"

Set the gradientRadius for a radial type. Using %p means it is a percentage of the smallest dimension of the parent.

<gradient
    android:type="radial"
    android:gradientRadius="10%p"
    android:startColor="#f6ee19"
    android:endColor="#115ede" />

type="sweep"

I don't know why anyone would use a sweep, but I am including it for completeness. I couldn't figure out how to change the angle, so I am only including one image.

<gradient
    android:type="sweep"
    android:startColor="#f6ee19"
    android:endColor="#115ede" />

center

You can also change the center of the sweep or radial types. The values are fractions of the width and height. You can also use %p notation.

android:centerX="0.2"
android:centerY="0.7"

Try with this :

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

    <gradient
        android:angle="90"
        android:centerColor="#555994"
        android:endColor="#b5b6d2"
        android:startColor="#555994"
        android:type="linear" />

    <corners 
        android:radius="0dp"/>

</shape>

You can create this 'half-gradient' look by using an xml Layer-List to combine the top and bottom 'bands' into one file. Each band is an xml shape.

See this previous answer on SO for a detailed tutorial: Multi-gradient shapes.

Following link may help you http://angrytools.com/gradient/ .This will create custom gradient background in android as like in photoshop.

First you need to create a gradient.xml as follows

<shape>
    <gradient android:angle="270" android:endColor="#181818" android:startColor="#616161" />

    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#343434" />
</shape>

Then you need to mention above gradient in the background of layout.As follows

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/gradient"
    >   
</LinearLayout>

Or you can use in code whatever you might think of in PSD:

    private void FillCustomGradient(View v) {
        final View view = v;
        Drawable[] layers = new Drawable[1];

        ShapeDrawable.ShaderFactory sf = new ShapeDrawable.ShaderFactory() {
            @Override
            public Shader resize(int width, int height) {
                LinearGradient lg = new LinearGradient(
                        0,
                        0,
                        0,
                        view.getHeight(),
                        new int[] {
                                 getResources().getColor(R.color.color1), // please input your color from resource for color-4
                                 getResources().getColor(R.color.color2),
                                 getResources().getColor(R.color.color3),
                                 getResources().getColor(R.color.color4)},
                        new float[] { 0, 0.49f, 0.50f, 1 },
                        Shader.TileMode.CLAMP);
                return lg;
            }
        };
        PaintDrawable p = new PaintDrawable();
        p.setShape(new RectShape());
        p.setShaderFactory(sf);
        p.setCornerRadii(new float[] { 5, 5, 5, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0 });
        layers[0] = (Drawable) p;

        LayerDrawable composite = new LayerDrawable(layers);
        view.setBackgroundDrawable(composite);
    }