Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels) Summary: [Ctors](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#pubctors) \| [Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#pubmethods) \| [Protected Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#promethods) \| [Inherited Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#inhmethods)

# Shape

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` public abstract class Shape `   
` extends https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object ` ` implements https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Cloneable `

|---|---|
| [java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) ||
| ↳ | android.graphics.drawable.shapes.Shape |

Known direct subclasses [PathShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/PathShape), [RectShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/RectShape) [PathShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/PathShape) Creates geometric paths, utilizing the `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Path` class. [RectShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/RectShape) Defines a rectangle shape. Known indirect subclasses [ArcShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/ArcShape), [OvalShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/OvalShape), [RoundRectShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/RoundRectShape) [ArcShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/ArcShape) Creates an arc shape. [OvalShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/OvalShape) Defines an oval shape. [RoundRectShape](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/RoundRectShape) Creates a rounded-corner rectangle.   

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Defines a generic graphical "shape."

Any Shape can be drawn to a Canvas with its own draw() method, but more graphical control is available if you instead pass it to a `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/ShapeDrawable`.

Custom Shape classes must implement `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#clone()` and return an instance of the custom Shape class.

## Summary

| ### Public constructors ||
|---|---|
| ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#Shape()() ` |

| ### Public methods ||
|---|---|
| ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#clone()() ` Creates and returns a copy of this object. |
| ` abstract void` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#draw(android.graphics.Canvas,%20android.graphics.Paint)(https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Canvas canvas, https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Paint paint) ` Draws this shape into the provided Canvas, with the provided Paint. |
| ` boolean` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#equals(java.lang.Object)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object o) ` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. |
| ` final float` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#getHeight()() ` Returns the height of the Shape. |
| ` void` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#getOutline(android.graphics.Outline)(https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Outline outline) ` Computes the Outline of the shape and return it in the supplied Outline parameter. |
| ` final float` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#getWidth()() ` Returns the width of the Shape. |
| ` boolean` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#hasAlpha()() ` Checks whether the Shape is opaque. |
| ` int` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#hashCode()() ` Returns a hash code value for the object. |
| ` final void` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#resize(float,%20float)(float width, float height) ` Resizes the dimensions of this shape. |

| ### Protected methods ||
|---|---|
| ` void` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#onResize(float,%20float)(float width, float height) ` Callback method called when `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#resize(float,%20float)` is executed. |

### Inherited methods

From class ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object ` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#clone()() `

Creates and returns a copy of this object.
` boolean` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object)(https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object obj) `

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
` void` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#finalize()() `

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
` final https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class<?>` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#getClass()() `

Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
` int` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#hashCode()() `

Returns a hash code value for the object.
` final void` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notify()() `

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
` final void` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notifyAll()() `

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#toString()() `

Returns a string representation of the object.
` final void` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long,%20int)(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) `

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being *notified* or *interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
` final void` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long)(long timeoutMillis) `

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being *notified* or *interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
` final void` ` https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait()() `

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being *notified* or *interrupted*.

## Public constructors

### Shape

```
public Shape ()
```

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## Public methods

### clone

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public Shape clone ()
```

Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object `x`, the expression:
>
> ```
> x.clone() != x
> ```
will be true, and that the expression:
>
> ```
> x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()
> ```
will be `true`, but these are not absolute requirements. While it is typically the case that:
>
> ```
> x.clone().equals(x)
> ```
will be `true`, this is not an absolute requirement.

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling `super.clone`. If a class and all of its superclasses (except `Object`) obey this convention, it will be the case that `x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()`.

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by `super.clone` before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by `super.clone` need to be modified.

<br />

| Returns ||
|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape` | a clone of this instance. <br /> |

| Throws ||
|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/CloneNotSupportedException` |   |

### draw

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public abstract void draw (Canvas canvas, 
                Paint paint)
```

Draws this shape into the provided Canvas, with the provided Paint.

Before calling this, you must call `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#resize(float,%20float)`.

<br />

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `canvas` | `Canvas`: the Canvas within which this shape should be drawn <br /> |
| `paint` | `Paint`: the Paint object that defines this shape's characteristics <br /> |

### equals

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public boolean equals (Object o)
```

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The `equals` method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

- It is *reflexive*: for any non-null reference value `x`, `x.equals(x)` should return `true`.
- It is *symmetric*: for any non-null reference values `x` and `y`, `x.equals(y)` should return `true` if and only if `y.equals(x)` returns `true`.
- It is *transitive*: for any non-null reference values `x`, `y`, and `z`, if `x.equals(y)` returns `true` and `y.equals(z)` returns `true`, then `x.equals(z)` should return `true`.
- It is *consistent*: for any non-null reference values `x` and `y`, multiple invocations of `x.equals(y)` consistently return `true` or consistently return `false`, provided no information used in `equals` comparisons on the objects is modified.
- For any non-null reference value `x`, `x.equals(null)` should return `false`.

An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into *equivalence classes*; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.

<br />

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `o` | `Object`: the reference object with which to compare. <br /> |

| Returns ||
|---|---|
| `boolean` | `true` if this object is the same as the obj argument; `false` otherwise. <br /> |

### getHeight

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public final float getHeight ()
```

Returns the height of the Shape.

<br />

| Returns ||
|---|---|
| `float` | <br /> |

### getOutline

Added in [API level 21](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public void getOutline (Outline outline)
```

Computes the Outline of the shape and return it in the supplied Outline parameter. The default implementation does nothing and `outline` is not changed.

<br />

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `outline` | `Outline`: the Outline to be populated with the result. Must be non-`null`. <br /> |

### getWidth

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public final float getWidth ()
```

Returns the width of the Shape.

<br />

| Returns ||
|---|---|
| `float` | <br /> |

### hasAlpha

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public boolean hasAlpha ()
```

Checks whether the Shape is opaque.

Default impl returns `true`. Override if your subclass can be opaque.

<br />

| Returns ||
|---|---|
| `boolean` | true if any part of the drawable is *not* opaque. <br /> |

### hashCode

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public int hashCode ()
```

Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/HashMap`.

The general contract of `hashCode` is:

- Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the `hashCode` method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in `equals` comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
- If two objects are equal according to the `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object)` method, then calling the `hashCode` method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
- It is *not* required that if two objects are unequal according to the `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object)` method, then calling the `hashCode` method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.

<br />

<br />

| Returns ||
|---|---|
| `int` | a hash code value for this object. <br /> |

### resize

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public final void resize (float width, 
                float height)
```

Resizes the dimensions of this shape.

Must be called before `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#draw(android.graphics.Canvas,%20android.graphics.Paint)`.

<br />

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `width` | `float`: the width of the shape (in pixels) <br /> |
| `height` | `float`: the height of the shape (in pixels) <br /> |

## Protected methods

### onResize

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
protected void onResize (float width, 
                float height)
```

Callback method called when `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/shapes/Shape#resize(float,%20float)` is executed.

<br />

| Parameters ||
|---|---|
| `width` | `float`: the new width of the Shape <br /> |
| `height` | `float`: the new height of the Shape <br /> |