Add shadow for TextView, using XML.

TextView with shadow

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello"
android:textStyle="bold|italic"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />

<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textColor="#0000ff"
android:shadowColor="#303030"
android:shadowDx="10"
android:shadowDy="10"
android:shadowRadius="30" />

</LinearLayout>


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