Custom Drawable for ProgressBar/ProgressDialog

I used the following for creating a custom progress bar.

File res/drawable/progress_bar_states.xml declares the colors of the different states:

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

    <item android:id="@android:id/background">
        <shape>
            <gradient
                    android:startColor="#000001"
                    android:centerColor="#0b131e"
                    android:centerY="0.75"
                    android:endColor="#0d1522"
                    android:angle="270"
            />
        </shape>
    </item>

    <item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
        <clip>
            <shape>
                <gradient
                        android:startColor="#234"
                        android:centerColor="#234"
                        android:centerY="0.75"
                        android:endColor="#a24"
                        android:angle="270"
                />
            </shape>
        </clip>
    </item>

    <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
        <clip>
            <shape>
                <gradient
                    android:startColor="#144281"
                    android:centerColor="#0b1f3c"
                    android:centerY="0.75"
                    android:endColor="#06101d"
                    android:angle="270"
                />
            </shape>
        </clip>
    </item>

</layer-list>

And the code inside your layout xml:

<ProgressBar android:id="@+id/progressBar"
    android:progressDrawable="@drawable/progress_bar_states"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="8dip" 
    style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal" 
    android:indeterminateOnly="false" 
    android:max="100">
</ProgressBar>

Enjoy!

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