For example we have view:
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Hello World!" android:background="@drawable/black"/>
Notice line:
android:background="@drawable/black"
This means that I've created new file in drawable folder /app/src/main/res/drawable/black.xml which looks like:
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" > <solid android:color="#ffffff" /> <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#000000"/> </shape>