How to use > and /> in Android drawables?

Question

Which items in drawables in Android should be closed with > and which ones should be closed with />?

Answer 1

When you define any tag's attribute and want to add some child tags is close with '>' and when you want to end any tag without any child tags you should use '/>'

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="@color/white" />

<stroke
    android:width="1dp"
    android:color="@color/white" />

<padding
    android:bottom="1dp"
    android:left="1dp"
    android:right="1dp"
    android:top="1dp" />

<corners android:radius="@dimen/_5sdp" />
</shape>

Here <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> have child tags so it ended with '>' and tag closed as </shape>

and <solid android:color="@color/white" /> haven't any child tag so it ended with '/>' and ended.