xml drawable
create shape.xml in drawable folder like shape.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#FFFFFF"/> <gradient android:angle="225" android:startColor="#DD2ECCFA" android:endColor="#DD000000"/> <corners android:bottomLeftRadius="7dp" android:bottomRightRadius="7dp" android:topLeftRadius="7dp" android:topRightRadius="7dp" /> </shape> and in myactivity.xml you can use <Button android:id="@+id/btn_Shap" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/Shape" android:background="@drawable/shape"/>