Android - Skewed button

Question

Hi, is it possible to create a skewed shape button?
(i.e like a stripe shape from bottom left of screen to top right of screen instead of the regular square or rectangle shape button)?

Something like this image http://www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/SilverLightFAQPart2/9.JPG
And I need to make sure the clickable area is also just the colored one.

Thanks,

Tee

Answer 1

You'd need to write your own class for that. Just subclass View and listen for the onClick events.

Answer 2

Try using a selector as background.

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:text="@string/hello" 
        android:background="@drawable/my_button" 
    /> 

And then make a my_button.xml in your drawable folder.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt; 
    <item android:state_focused="true" android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="@drawable/focused" /> 
    <item android:state_focused="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/focusedpressed" /> 
    <item android:state_focused="false" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/pressed" /> 
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/defaultbutton" /> 
</selector>

Source: http://www.anddev.org/tinytutcustom_button_backgrounds-better_imagebutton-t4298.html