Divider.md

Dividers

Dividers separate content into clear groups.

Contents

• Using dividers
• Divider's key properties
• Theming dividers

Using dividers

Before you can use Material dividers, you need to add a dependency to the Material Components for Android library. For more information, go to the Getting started page.

MaterialDivider

API and source code:

• MaterialDivider
  • Class definition
  • Class source

The MaterialDivider is a view that can be used in layouts to separate content into clear groups.

Note: Make sure to set android:layout_height="wrap_content" on the MaterialDivider to ensure that the correct size is set for the divider.

The full-bleed divider is displayed below:

On the layout:

<com.google.android.material.divider.MaterialDivider
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

By default, dividers will be full-bleed. You can use app:dividerInsetStart and app:dividerInsetEnd to achieve the look of an inset or middle divider:

<com.google.android.material.divider.MaterialDivider
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:dividerInsetStart="16dp"
    app:dividerInsetEnd="16dp"/>

Or in code:

divider.setDividerInsetStart(insetStart)
divider.setDividerInsetEnd(insetEnd)

MaterialDividerItemDecoration

API and source code:

• MaterialDividerItemDecoration
  • Class definition
  • Class source

The MaterialDividerItemDecoration is a RecyclerView.ItemDecoration, similar to a DividerItemDecoration, that can be used as a divider between items of a LinearLayoutManager. It supports both horizontal and vertical orientations.

A list with full-bleed dividers is displayed below:

In code:

val divider = MaterialDividerItemDecoration(context!!, LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL /*or LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL*/)
recyclerView.addItemDecoration(divider)

By default, dividers will be full-bleed. To achieve the look of an inset or middle divider:

In code:

divider.setDividerInsetStart(insetStart)
divider.setDividerInsetEnd(insetEnd)

Making dividers accessible

The divider is a decorative element. There are no special accessibility precautions for the divider.

Key properties

Dividers attributes

Element	Attribute	Related method(s)	Default value
Thickness	app:dividerThickness	setDividerThickness setDividerThicknessResource getDividerThickness	1dp for the regular divider 8dp for the heavy divider
Color	app:dividerColor	setDividerColor setDividerColorResource getDividerColor	colorOutline
Start inset	app:dividerInsetStart	setDividerInsetStart setDividerInsetStartResource getDividerInsetStart	0dp
End inset	app:dividerInsetEnd	setDividerInsetEnd setDividerInsetEndResource getDividerInsetEnd	0dp

Styles

Element	Style
Default style	Widget.Material3.MaterialDivider

Default style theme attribute: ?attr/materialDividerStyle

See the full list of styles and attrs.

Theming dividers

Dividers support Material Theming and therefore can have their colors customized.

Divider theming example

API and source code:

• MaterialDivider
  • Class definition
  • Class source
• MaterialDividerItemDecoration
  • Class definition
  • Class source

The following example shows a divider with Material Theming.

Implementing divider theming

Use theme attributes in res/values/styles.xml, which applies to all dividers and affects other components:

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*">
    ...
    <item name="colorOutline">@color/shrine_pink_900</item>
</style>

Use default style theme attributes, styles and theme overlays, which apply to all dividers but do not affect other components:

<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.Material3.*">
    ...
    <item name="materialDividerStyle">@style/Widget.App.MaterialDivider</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.App.MaterialDivider" parent="Widget.Material3.MaterialDivider">
    <item name="materialThemeOverlay">@style/ThemeOverlay.App.MaterialDivider</item>
</style>

<style name="ThemeOverlay.App.MaterialDivider" parent="">
    <item name="colorOutline">@color/shrine_pink_900</item>
</style>

More easily, you can also change the divider color via the ?attr/dividerColor attribute:

<style name="Widget.App.MaterialDivider" parent="Widget.Material3.MaterialDivider">
   <item name="dividerColor">@color/shrine_divider_color</item>
</style>

or use the style in the layout, which affects only this divider:

<com.google.android.material.divider.MaterialDivider
    style="@style/Widget.App.MaterialDivider"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>