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How to add a border in floating action button


I have a floating button with full white background tint and an image source. I want to surround it with a grey border. I don't find any way to do so. Please help.

I've just created a normal FAB.

Here is the XML code of my button.

      <com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:fabSize="normal"
        android:src="@drawable/addvideo"
        app:backgroundTint="#fff"
        app:layout_anchor="@+id/bottomAppBar"
        android:scaleType="center"
        android:id="@+id/myFab"
        />   

Solution

  • As a workaround, you can do these steps:

    • First define a custom shape in a new xml file in your drawable directory:

    fab_background.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:innerRadius="0dp"
        android:shape="ring"
        android:thicknessRatio="2"
        android:useLevel="false" >
    
        <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />
    
        <!-- here set the width and color of your border -->
        <stroke
            android:width="5dp"
            android:color="@android:color/darker_gray" />
    </shape>
    
    • Then wrap your FAB inside a layout and set the custom drawable file to be the background of the layout. Here you need to give this wrapper layout a padding with the same size as your border:

    your main layout

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        tools:context=".MainActivity">
    
        <!-- the wrapper layout having a padding with the size of your border -->
        <!-- and background set to the custom drawable file -->
        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/fabWrapper"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            android:background="@drawable/fab_background"
            android:padding="5dp"
            >
    
            <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
                android:id="@+id/myFab"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:scaleType="center"
                app:fabSize="normal"
                android:src="@drawable/addvideo"
                android:backgroundTint="@android:color/white"
                />
        </LinearLayout>