Android ClippingBasic Sample

A basic app showing how to clip on a View using ViewOutlineProvider interface,
by which a View builds its outline, used for shadowing and clipping.

Introduction

The ViewOutlineProvider interface offers you a method to populate the outline of a View.
You need to implement a getOutline(android.view.View, android.graphics.Outline)
method to clip a View in a specific shape.

This example clips the outline of a View as a rounded rectangle by defining a class that
implements ViewOutlineProvider by following code:

private class ClipOutlineProvider extends ViewOutlineProvider {
    @Override
    public void getOutline(View view, Outline outline) {
        final int margin = Math.min(view.getWidth(), view.getHeight()) / 10;
        outline.setRoundRect(margin, margin, view.getWidth() - margin,
                view.getHeight() - margin, margin / 2);
    }
}

To clip a View by the defined outline, setting a OutlineProvider to a View
to be clipped is needed like following:

final View clippedView = view.findViewById(R.id.frame);
clippedView.setOutlineProvider(mOutlineProvider);

You can toggle if the View is clipped by calling setClipToOutline(boolean)
like following code:

clippedView.setClipToOutline(true); // Setting false disable clipping

Pre-requisites

  • Android SDK 28
  • Android Build Tools v28.0.3
  • Android Support Repository

Screenshots

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Getting Started

This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.

Support

If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ClippingBasic

Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

License

Copyright 2019 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.

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