Programatically change background of Drawable, maintaining the corner radius

Question

interview_timeline_row.xml

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/interviewTimelineIconLayout"
    android:layout_width="52dp"
    android:layout_height="52dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
    android:background="@drawable/timeline_row_icon_layout_bg"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/interviewTimelineRowIcon"
        android:layout_width="40dp"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:adjustViewBounds="false"
        android:cropToPadding="false"
        android:padding="6dp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</LinearLayout>

timeline_row_icon_layout_bg.xml

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

    <corners android:radius="@dimen/_50sdp" />

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

    <solid android:color="@color/ic_rescheduled"/> //need to add this programatically

</shape>

InterviewTimeline.java

iconBg = row.findViewById(R.id.interviewTimelineIconLayout);

iconBg.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.ic_rescheduled)); //this is the wrong way to go about it

I want to use the timeline_row_icon_layout_bg.xml in various places in my app, and it should have a different background color each time. If I use the iconBg.setBackgroundColor() method, then it ignores the radius and I have a square background color.

Answer 1

Since you are just using the shape to create a layout with rounded corners and a border, the first option is to wrap your LinearLayout inside a CardView and then apply to the card the corner radius, the stroke and the background color.

Otherwise you could use the MaterialShapeDrawable included in the Material Components Library to draw custom shapes.

Just remove from the LinearLayout the android:background:

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/interviewTimelineIconLayout"
    android:layout_width=".."
    android:layout_height="..
    ..>

    <!-- ..... -->

</LinearLayout>

Then in your code you can apply a ShapeAppearanceModel. Something like:

        float radius = getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.corner_radius);

        LinearLayout linearLayout= findViewById(R.id.interviewTimelineIconLayout);
        ShapeAppearanceModel shapeAppearanceModel = new ShapeAppearanceModel()
            .toBuilder()
            .setAllCorners(CornerFamily.ROUNDED,radius)
            .build();

        MaterialShapeDrawable shapeDrawable = new MaterialShapeDrawable(shapeAppearanceModel);
        //Fill the LinearLayout with your color
        shapeDrawable.setFillColor(ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this,R.color.yourColor));
        //Stroke color and width
        shapeDrawable.setStrokeWidth(2.0f);
        shapeDrawable.setStrokeColor(...);

        ViewCompat.setBackground(linearLayout,shapeDrawable);

In this way you easily change and set the color background and the stroke.