android - Changing size of seekbar thumb

Question

I'm using a drawable for seekbar thumb with

android:thumb="@drawable/thumb"

How can I set the size of this thumb in dip unit? Because I use a style for seekbar like

<style name="CustomSeekBar">
    <item name="android:indeterminateOnly">false</item>
    <item name="android:minHeight">8dip</item>
    <item name="android:maxHeight">8dip</item>
    <item name="android:thumbOffset">8dip</item>
</style> 

and I want to have the thumb with 12dip height and width.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9699951/changing-size-of-seekbar-thumb

Answer 1

The most flexible way to set thumb size for me is to create layered-drawable with shape as placeholder thumb_image.xml:

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item>
        <shape>
            <size
                android:height="40dp"
                android:width="40dp" />

            <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/scrubber_control_normal_holo"/>

</layer-list>

So basically changing the size of shape will stretch drawable, the shape is transparent so it won't be visible. Also the minimum size of such thumb is size of bitmap.

Here is example of layout:

<SeekBar
    android:id="@+id/seekBar1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:thumb="@drawable/thumb_image" />

<SeekBar
    android:id="@+id/seekBar2"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />