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DiagonalLayout

With Diagonal Layout explore new styles and approaches on material design

From florent37·Updated June 5, 2026·View on GitHub·
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With Diagonal Layout explore new styles and approaches on material design The project is written primarily in Java, distributed under the Apache License 2.0 license, first published in 2016. It has gained significant community traction with 2,538 stars and 317 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: android, design, diagonal, elevation, layout.

DiagonalLayout

Android Arsenal

With Diagonal Layout explore new styles and approaches on material design

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Usage

xml
<com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="250dp" diagonal:diagonal_angle="10" diagonal:diagonal_position="left / right / top / bottom" diagonal:diagonal_direction="left / right" android:elevation="10dp" > <!-- YOUR CONTENT --> </com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout>

Sample

Bottom

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xml
<com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="250dp" android:elevation="10dp" app:diagonal_angle="20" diagonal:diagonal_direction="left" diagonal:diagonal_position="bottom"> <ImageView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:scaleType="centerCrop" android:src="@drawable/mountains" /> </com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout>

Top

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xml
<com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="250dp" android:elevation="10dp" app:diagonal_angle="20" app:diagonal_position="top" app:diagonal_direction="right"> <ImageView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:scaleType="centerCrop" android:src="@drawable/mountains" /> </com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout>

Position / Direction

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Elevation

Do not forget to add elevation with android:elevation="**dp"

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KenBurns

Using https://github.com/flavioarfaria/KenBurnsView

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xml
<com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout android:id="@+id/diagonalLayout" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="250dp" diagonal:diagonal_angle="10" diagonal:diagonal_position="left" android:elevation="30dp" > <com.flaviofaria.kenburnsview.KenBurnsView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:scaleType="centerCrop" android:src="@drawable/background" /> ... </com.github.florent37.diagonallayout.DiagonalLayout>

Inspirations

Exploration of some new styles and approaches on material design. This one here is a user profile for Hollywood personas

https://material.uplabs.com/posts/user-profile-concept

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Download

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In your module Download

groovy
compile 'com.github.florent37:diagonallayout:1.0.9'

Logs

1.0.1

  • Added Elevation

1.0.2

  • Can setup the diagonal on top or bottom
  • Fixed angle calculation
  • Added flag attributes top|bottom|left|right

1.0.3

Thanks to ZieIony

  • Changed clipping method
  • Changed shadow casting method
  • Removed unnecessary content layout
  • added support for padding

1.0.4

  • Removed :gravity
  • Added :position & direction

Credits

Author: Florent Champigny
Blog : http://www.tutos-android-france.com/

Fiches Plateau Moto : https://www.fiches-plateau-moto.fr/

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License

Copyright 2016 florent37, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

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