Lightning Round: Android Gradient Floating Action Button

The purpose of this, and other Lighting Round articles, is to share a small, but possibly useful, piece of information/code/concept that could be of some help, and hopefully, even save you some time. You’ll be done before The Flash has a chance to change the timeline!

So everybody loves a FAB, right? And gradients seem to be everywhere nowadays, correct? So it was just a matter of time before someone needed a FAB with a gradient background.

I tried a couple of approaches I read here and there, but honestly, either I couldn’t make them work, or just didn’t like them. Finally, I came across this other way of doing it which I’ll show you here. I was a little skeptical at first, but I was more than satisfied with the end result.

Here’s the code (notice the size is defined via the style, not the layout, just cause).

Paste this in any layout to try it out

The default FAB size is 56dp, and 40dp for mini

This will make the ImageButton look real nice

And here’s what you get:

Pretty, right?

That’s it. This has worked for me every single time, and I like it. If you know of a better way, please, leave a comment below so we can all benefit from that knowledge :)

Cheers!