Creating a horizontal rule (line) in Android

Use a View with fixed height –


 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="2dip"
 android:background="#FF00FF00" />

or, in code –

View ruler = new View(myContext); ruler.setBackgroundColor(0xFF00FF00);
theParent.addView(ruler,
 new ViewGroup.LayoutParams( ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 2));

Source – Romain Guy

15 comments

Good example. I used the code one creating dynamically.

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arunkumar August 22, 2012 at 6:37 am

can u show the code..Since i am getting force close for the above code…

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- Muhammad Ahsan October 16, 2012 at 9:54 am
  
  copy and paste this code
  
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  - Daniel February 27, 2014 at 1:46 pm
    
    I would love to use the code version but it give me a error on “theParent”
    
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    - TheDDestroyer12 December 2, 2014 at 6:39 pm
      
      That is because you have to declare “theParent”, or change it to the parent you want to add the rule to. For example, the RelativeLayout, or whatever layout you are using.
      
      // TheDDestroyer12