how to create shapes for background programmatically
public static void customView(View v, int backgroundColor, int borderColor) {
GradientDrawable shape = new GradientDrawable();
shape.setShape(GradientDrawable.RECTANGLE);
shape.setCornerRadii(new float[] { 8, 8, 8, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0 });
shape.setColor(backgroundColor);
shape.setStroke(3, borderColor);
v.setBackground(shape);
}