Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 2nd Edition

Shape Drawables

Now, make your buttons round with a ShapeDrawable. Since XML drawables are not density specific, they are placed in the default drawable folder instead of a density-specific one.

In the Project tool window, create a new file in res/drawable called button_beat_box_normal.xml. (Why is this one “normal”? Because soon it will have a not-so-normal friend.)

Listing 21.2  Making a round shape drawable (res/drawable/button_beat_box_normal.xml)

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