Android : adding border around textview

Question

How to add border around text as shown in image using xml layout

I have tried adding border to layout but its overlapping with text.

Answer 1

You can try this layout, its reflecting as per your requirement

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_margin="15dp" >

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/border"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp" 
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="15dp">

            <TextView 
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                android:text="Label 1: Value 1"/>

            <TextView 
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                android:text="Label 2: Value 2"/>

            <TextView 
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                android:text="Label 3: Value 3"/>

        </LinearLayout>

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:text="   Details   "
            android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
            android:background="#ffffff"
            android:textSize="17sp" />

    </RelativeLayout>

xml of border.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >
    <stroke
        android:width="2dp"
        android:color="#cdcdcd" />    
</shape>

Hope this helps you somehow.