Gradient in XML– easy as pi

Tired of using solid background colors but you think it’s a bit trouble to use you favorite graphics tool too create interesting backgrounds for you controls or layouts? well, creating gradients in your android app is easy enough, here’s an example:

1. In your drawable folder , create an xml file.
   
2. the next code creates a gradient which is from top to bottom, with start color of white and end color of somewhat orange, it begins to get a strong fade after 90% of the measure of the container view.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
    <shape>
        <gradient
            android:angle="90"
            android:startColor="#fff"
            android:endColor="#FFA812"
            android:type="linear" 
            android:centerY="0.9"
            />
    </shape>
</item>
</selector>