我找到了一种更好的方法来在TextView周围添加边框。

使用九块图像作为背景。它非常简单，SDK附带了一个制作9补丁图像的工具，而且它绝对不需要编码。

链接是http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html#nine-补丁。

这是我的“简单”助手类，它返回带有边框的ImageView。只需将其放在utils文件夹中，并按如下方式调用：

ImageView selectionBorder = BorderDrawer.generateBorderImageView(context, borderWidth, borderHeight, thickness, Color.Blue);

这是代码。

/**
 * Because creating a border is Rocket Science in Android.
 */
public class BorderDrawer
{
    public static ImageView generateBorderImageView(Context context, int borderWidth, int borderHeight, int borderThickness, int color)
    {
        ImageView mask = new ImageView(context);

        // Create the square to serve as the mask
        Bitmap squareMask = Bitmap.createBitmap(borderWidth - (borderThickness*2), borderHeight - (borderThickness*2), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(squareMask);

        Paint paint = new Paint();
        paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
        paint.setColor(color);
        canvas.drawRect(0.0f, 0.0f, (float)borderWidth, (float)borderHeight, paint);

        // Create the darkness bitmap
        Bitmap solidColor = Bitmap.createBitmap(borderWidth, borderHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        canvas = new Canvas(solidColor);

        paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
        paint.setColor(color);
        canvas.drawRect(0.0f, 0.0f, borderWidth, borderHeight, paint);

        // Create the masked version of the darknessView
        Bitmap borderBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(borderWidth, borderHeight, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        canvas = new Canvas(borderBitmap);

        Paint clearPaint = new Paint();
        clearPaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR));

        canvas.drawBitmap(solidColor, 0, 0, null);
        canvas.drawBitmap(squareMask, borderThickness, borderThickness, clearPaint);

        clearPaint.setXfermode(null);

        ImageView borderView = new ImageView(context);
        borderView.setImageBitmap(borderBitmap);

        return borderView;
    }
}

使用材质组件库，可以使用MaterialShapeDrawable。

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textview"
        .../>

然后可以通过编程方式应用MaterialShapeDrawable：

    TextView textView = findViewById(R.id.textview);
    MaterialShapeDrawable shapeDrawable = new MaterialShapeDrawable();
    shapeDrawable.setFillColor(ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this,android.R.color.transparent));
    shapeDrawable.setStroke(1.0f, ContextCompat.getColor(this,R.color....));
    ViewCompat.setBackground(textView,shapeDrawable);

在xml文本视图上设置背景，

将roundd_textview.xml文件添加到可绘制目录中。

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
   <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />
   <stroke android:width="2dip" android:color="#4f5g52"/>
</shape>

在textView背景中设置可绘制文件。

可以将可绘制的形状（矩形）设置为视图的背景。

<TextView android:text="Some text" android:background="@drawable/back"/>

和矩形drawable back.xml（放入res/drawable文件夹）：

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
   <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />
   <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#4fa5d5"/>
</shape>

您可以使用@android:color/transparent作为纯色，使其具有透明的背景。您还可以使用填充将文本与边框分开。有关详细信息，请参阅：http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html

简单的方法是为TextView添加视图。底部边框线示例：

<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:text="@string/title"
        android:id="@+id/title_label"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"/>
    <View
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0.2dp"
        android:id="@+id/separator"
        android:visibility="visible"
        android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"/>

</LinearLayout>

对于其他方向的边框，请调整分隔符视图的位置。