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Android ClippingBasic Sample
===================================

A basic app showing how to clip on a View using [ViewOutlineProvider][1] interface,
by which a View builds its outline, used for shadowing and clipping.

Introduction
------------

The [ViewOutlineProvider][1] interface offers you a method to populate the outline of a View.
You need to implement a getOutline(android.view.View, android.graphics.Outline)
method to clip a View in a specific shape.

This example clips the outline of a View as a rounded rectangle by defining a class that
 implements ViewOutlineProvider by following code:

```java
private class ClipOutlineProvider extends ViewOutlineProvider {
    @Override
    public void getOutline(View view, Outline outline) {
        final int margin = Math.min(view.getWidth(), view.getHeight()) / 10;
        outline.setRoundRect(margin, margin, view.getWidth() - margin,
                view.getHeight() - margin, margin / 2);
    }
}
```

To clip a View by the defined outline, setting a OutlineProvider to a View
to be clipped is needed like following:

```java
final View clippedView = view.findViewById(R.id.frame);
clippedView.setOutlineProvider(mOutlineProvider);
```

You can toggle if the View is clipped by calling [setClipToOutline(boolean)][2]
like following code:

```java
clippedView.setClipToOutline(true); // Setting false disable clipping
```

[1]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewOutlineProvider.html
[2]: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setClipToOutline(boolean)

Pre-requisites
--------------

- Android SDK 24
- Android Build Tools v24.0.1
- Android Support Repository

Screenshots
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<img src="screenshots/screenshot-1.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot-2.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 

Getting Started
---------------

This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.

Support
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- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android

If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ClippingBasic

Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

License
-------

Copyright 2016 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.

Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
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