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Android New Message type recipient control

Is anyone know how can I replicate/mirror the New message To / Recipient bar functionality, please? Is there a built in control or widget available or do I have to custom build that? or is there any examples available? I tried a few terms but not sure what is the exact term I should be using. Is used terms like "android message recipient bar", "android message to bar" etc. but nothing returned that is useful to me...

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Solution

  • You can do something like this, marginLeft="-1dp" is just quick solution to avoid workaround to create shape with only one side border. To avoid using this dirty solution: How to draw border on just one side of a linear layout?

    layout.xml

    <LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    >
    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:text="Able John"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        android:background="@drawable/background"
        />
    <Button
        android:layout_width="40dp"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="-1dp"
        android:background="@drawable/background_right_corners"
        />

</LinearLayout>

    drawable/background

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


    <solid android:color="#fff"/>
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#5000"/>
<corners
    android:bottomLeftRadius="5dp"
    android:topLeftRadius="5dp"
    />

</shape>

    drawable/background_right_corners

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>


    <solid android:color="#fff"/>
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#5000"
    />
<corners
    android:bottomRightRadius="5dp"
    android:topRightRadius="5dp"
    />