How to fill a Path in Android with a linear gradient?
this may help.
Note: it's not efficient to create the Paint etc in every call to onDraw. This is just an demonstration of LinearGradient shader
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
super.onDraw(canvas);
int w = getWidth();
int h = getHeight();
Paint p = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG|Paint.FILTER_BITMAP_FLAG);
Path pth = new Path();
pth.moveTo(w*0.27f,0);
pth.lineTo(w*0.73f,0);
pth.lineTo(w*0.92f,h);
pth.lineTo(w*0.08f,h);
pth.lineTo(w*0.27f,0);
p.setColor(0xff800000);
p.setShader(new LinearGradient(0,0,0,h,0xff000000,0xffffffff,Shader.TileMode.CLAMP));
canvas.drawPath(pth,p);
}
While steelbytes' answer will probably give you more control over the individual sections of the gradient, you can do it without the path:
Paint m_Paint = new Paint();
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
super.onDraw(canvas);
// start at 0,0 and go to 0,max to use a vertical
// gradient the full height of the screen.
m_Paint.setShader(new LinearGradient(0, 0, 0, getHeight(), Color.BLACK, Color.WHITE, Shader.TileMode.MIRROR));
canvas.drawPaint(m_Paint);
}