Is there a way to add inner shadow to a TextView on Android?

Romain Piel picture Romain Piel · Jul 29, 2011 · Viewed 14.3k times · Source

I would like to make an inner shadow on a textview, But I can't find any example of that on the web.

Is there any way to do that on Android?

I know these attributes:

android:shadowColor
android:shadowRadius
android:shadowDx
android:shadowDy

Am I missing something useful?

Answer

ABentSpoon picture ABentSpoon · Apr 24, 2012

If you're looking for inner shadows like these:

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You could try MagicTextView

    <com.qwerjk.better_text.MagicTextView
        xmlns:qwerjk="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.qwerjk.better_text"
        android:textSize="42dp"
        android:textColor="#FFffff00"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:padding="10dp"
        qwerjk:innerShadowDy="3"
        qwerjk:innerShadowColor="#FF000000"
        qwerjk:innerShadowRadius="5"
        android:text="InnerShadow" />

Note: I made this, and am posting more for the sake of future travelers than the OP. It's borderline spam, but being on-topic, perhaps acceptable?