Glowing text on a button with a transparent background in a layout with a different background

Question

I want to make a text glow, as in this question , but according to the text of the button with a transparent background in the layout with a different background (png from drawable), is there a way to do this? Is the solution to this day? I tried a simple test on my 4.1.2 device without any results. Here is my code:

activity_main.xml:

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:background="@color/Black"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <TextView android:textColor="@color/White"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:text="Glowing Text"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="2dp"
        android:shadowColor="@color/White"
        android:shadowDx="0"
        android:shadowDy="0"
        android:shadowRadius="3" />
</LinearLayout>

and this is color.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="White">#FFF</color>
    <color name="Black">#000</color>
    <color name="Grey">#7F7F7F</color>
    <color name="DarkGrey">#4F4F4F</color>
    <color name="Green">#0F0</color>
    <color name="TransparentGrey">#7F000000</color>
</resources>

got it from this tutorial . Can anybody help me?

Answer 1

You can get the desired result by making the following changes to color.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <drawable name="White">#ffffff</drawable>
    <drawable name="Black">#000000</drawable>
    <drawable name="Grey">#a9a9a9</drawable>
    <color name="DarkGrey">#4F4F4F</color>
    <color name="Green">#0F0</color>
    <color name="TransparentGrey">#7F000000</color>
</resources>

and in actvity_main.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:background="@drawable/Black"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <TextView android:textColor="@drawable/White"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:text="Glowing Text"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="2dp"
        android:shadowColor="@drawable/White"
        android:shadowDx="0"
        android:shadowDy="0"
        android:shadowRadius="3" />
</LinearLayout>