How to add border around linear layout except at the bottom?

How to add border around linear layout except at the bottom ? LinearLayout needs to have border at left, top and right side but not at the bottom.

Create an XML file named border.xml in the drawable folder and put the following code in it.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item> 
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
      <solid android:color="#FF0000" /> 
    </shape>
  </item>   
    <item android:left="5dp" android:right="5dp"  android:top="5dp" >  
     <shape android:shape="rectangle"> 
      <solid android:color="#000000" />
    </shape>
   </item>    
 </layer-list> 

Then add a background to your linear layout like this:

         android:background="@drawable/border"

EDIT :

This XML was tested with a galaxy s running GingerBread 2.3.3 and ran perfectly as shown in image below:

ALSO

tested with galaxy s 3 running JellyBean 4.1.2 and ran perfectly as shown in image below :

Finally its works perfectly with all APIs

EDIT 2 :

It can also be done using a stroke to keep the background as transparent while still keeping a border except at the bottom with the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
   <item android:left="0dp" android:right="0dp"  android:top="0dp"  
        android:bottom="-10dp"> 
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
     <stroke android:width="10dp" android:color="#B22222" />
    </shape>
   </item>  
 </layer-list> 

hope this help .

Save this xml and add as a background for the linear layout....

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> 
    <stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF00FF00" /> 
    <solid android:color="#ffffff" /> 
    <padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp" 
            android:right="7dp" android:bottom="0dp" /> 
    <corners android:radius="4dp" /> 
</shape>

Hope this helps! :)

Kenny is right, just want to clear some things out.

1. Create the file border.xml and put it in the folder res/drawable/

2. add the code

    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> 
       <stroke android:width="4dp" android:color="#FF00FF00" /> 
       <solid android:color="#ffffff" /> 
       <padding android:left="7dp" android:top="7dp" 
            android:right="7dp" android:bottom="0dp" /> 
       <corners android:radius="4dp" /> 
    </shape>
   

3. set back ground like android:background="@drawable/border" wherever you want the border

Mine first didn't work cause i put the border.xml in the wrong folder!

Here is a Github link to a lightweight and very easy to integrate library that enables you to play with borders as you want for any widget you want, simply based on a FrameLayout widget.

Here is a quick sample code for you to see how easy it is, but you will find more information on the link.

<com.khandelwal.library.view.BorderFrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            app:leftBorderColor="#00F0F0"
            app:leftBorderWidth="10dp"
            app:topBorderColor="#F0F000"
            app:topBorderWidth="15dp"
            app:rightBorderColor="#F000F0"
            app:rightBorderWidth="20dp"
            app:bottomBorderColor="#000000"
            app:bottomBorderWidth="25dp" >
    </com.khandelwal.library.view.BorderFrameLayout>

So, if you don't want borders on bottom, delete the two lines about bottom in this custom widget, and that's done.

And no, I'm neither the author of this library nor one of his friend ;-)