To create a listview with rounded corners create a shape in xml. Create roundedcorner.xml in the res/drawable <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <shape xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” android:shape=”rectangle” > <gradient android:angle=”90″ android:endColor=”#C0C0C0″ android:startColor=”#808080″ /> <corners android:bottomLeftRadius=”7dp” android:bottomRightRadius=”7dp” android:topLeftRadius=”7dp” android:topRightRadius=”7dp” /> <stroke android:width=”1px” android:color=”#000000″ /> </shape> You can create a gradient, how much each corner radius should be and a stroke.