How about defining your own view? I have used the class below, using a LinearLayout around a view whose background color is set. This allows me to pre-define layout parameters for it. If you don't need that just extend View and set the background color instead.
public class HorizontalRulerView extends LinearLayout {
static final int COLOR = Color.DKGRAY;
static final int HEIGHT = 2;
static final int VERTICAL_MARGIN = 10;
static final int HORIZONTAL_MARGIN = 5;
static final int TOP_MARGIN = VERTICAL_MARGIN;
static final int BOTTOM_MARGIN = VERTICAL_MARGIN;
static final int LEFT_MARGIN = HORIZONTAL_MARGIN;
static final int RIGHT_MARGIN = HORIZONTAL_MARGIN;
public HorizontalRulerView(Context context) {
this(context, null);
}
public HorizontalRulerView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
this(context, attrs, android.R.attr.textViewStyle);
}
public HorizontalRulerView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
setOrientation(VERTICAL);
View v = new View(context);
v.setBackgroundColor(COLOR);
LayoutParams lp = new LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
HEIGHT
);
lp.topMargin = TOP_MARGIN;
lp.bottomMargin = BOTTOM_MARGIN;
lp.leftMargin = LEFT_MARGIN;
lp.rightMargin = RIGHT_MARGIN;
addView(v, lp);
}
}
Use it programmatically or in Eclipse (Custom & Library Views -- just pull it into your layout).