Custom button shape (circle, ellipse)

Here are 2 ways to change the button shape, one directly by setting a circular background image,

Another way to do this is by referencing a custom shape file. See below for details:

--------Main_menu_btnshape.xml the custom shape XML file

<?XML version= "1.0" encoding= "Utf-8"?><Shapexmlns:android= "Http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"Android:shape= "Oval">    <!--the color of the fill -    <SolidAndroid:color= "#FFFFFF"/>     <!--set the Four corners of the button as arcs -     <!--Android:radius radius of Arc -     <CornersAndroid:radius= "360dip"/>         <!--The spacing between the text inside the Padding:button and the Button boundary -     <paddingAndroid:left= "10DP"Android:top= "10DP"Android:right= "10DP"Android:bottom= "10DP"     /></Shape>

-----Main Layout File

<?XML version= "1.0" encoding= "Utf-8"?><LinearLayoutxmlns:android= "Http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"android:orientation= "vertical"Android:layout_width= "Fill_parent"Android:layout_height= "Fill_parent"    ><TextViewAndroid:layout_width= "Fill_parent"Android:layout_height= "Wrap_content"Android:text= "@string/soft_info"/> <!-Set background directly--><ButtonAndroid:id= "@+id/roundbtn1"Android:background= "@drawable/btn_oval"Android:layout_width= "50dip"Android:layout_height= "50dip"    />     <!-Call shape custom XML file--><ButtonAndroid:id= "@+id/roundbtn"Android:text= "ellipse button"Android:layout_width= "Wrap_content"Android:layout_height= "Wrap_content"Android:background= "@drawable/main_menu_btnshape"    />      </LinearLayout>

----acitivity File

 Public class extends Activity {    /***/    @Override    publicvoid  onCreate (Bundle savedinstancestate) {        super. OnCreate (savedinstancestate);        Setcontentview (R.layout.main);    }}

Custom button shape (circle, ellipse)