Add shadow for TextView, using Java code.


To add shadow on TextView using Java code, call setShadowLayer() method.

package com.example.androidtextview;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

TextView shadowText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.shadowtext);
shadowText.setShadowLayer(30, 10, 10, 0xFF303030);

}

}


<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello"
android:textStyle="bold|italic"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />

<TextView
android:id="@+id/shadowtext"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="http://arteluzevida.blogspot.com/"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textColor="#0000ff" />

</LinearLayout>


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