9 patch PNG used to draw chat messages background.

app/src/main/java/com/xabber/android/ui/adapter/ChatMessageAdapter.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package com.xabber.android.ui.adapter;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
-import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ public class ChatMessageAdapter extends BaseAdapter implements UpdatableAdapter
      * Text with extra information.
      */
     private String hint;
-    private final int[] backgroundColors;
 
     public ChatMessageAdapter(Activity activity) {
         this.activity = activity;
@@ -96,8 +94,6 @@ public class ChatMessageAdapter extends BaseAdapter implements UpdatableAdapter
         } else {
             divider = " ";
         }
-
-        backgroundColors = activity.getResources().getIntArray(R.array.accout_chat_background);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -183,11 +179,7 @@ public class ChatMessageAdapter extends BaseAdapter implements UpdatableAdapter
         TextView textView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.text);
         textView.setTextAppearance(activity, appearanceStyle);
 
-        if (incoming) {
-            ColorDrawable colorDrawable = new ColorDrawable(backgroundColors[AccountManager.getInstance().getColorLevel(account)]);
-            colorDrawable.setAlpha(64);
-            textView.setBackgroundDrawable(colorDrawable);
-        }
+        textView.getBackground().setAlpha(127);
 
         Spannable text = messageItem.getSpannable();
         String time = StringUtils.getSmartTimeText(messageItem.getTimestamp());

app/src/main/res/layout/chat_viewer_message.xml

@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/avatar"
         android:layout_toEndOf="@id/avatar"
-        android:padding="4dp"
+
+        android:paddingLeft="16dp"
+        android:paddingTop="6dp"
+        android:paddingBottom="6dp"
+        android:paddingRight="6dp"
+        android:paddingEnd="6dp"
+
         android:layout_marginRight="48dp"
         android:layout_marginEnd="48dp"
 
@@ -46,10 +52,14 @@
         android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
 
 
-        android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
+        android:layout_marginStart="40dp"
         android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
 
+        android:textColor="@android:color/primary_text_light"
+
         android:text="Some text\n line \nrgregrere"
+
+        android:background="@drawable/msg_in"
         />
 
 </RelativeLayout>

app/src/main/res/layout/chat_viewer_message_own.xml

@@ -24,19 +24,25 @@
         android:id="@+id/text"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:padding="4dp"
+
+        android:paddingLeft="6dp"
+        android:paddingTop="6dp"
+        android:paddingBottom="6dp"
+        android:paddingRight="16dp"
+        android:paddingEnd="16dp"
+
         android:layout_marginLeft="48dp"
         android:layout_marginStart="48dp"
 
         android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
-        android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
 
         android:layout_marginEnd="4dp"
         android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
 
+        android:textColor="@android:color/primary_text_light"
 
         android:text="Some text\n line \nrgregrere"
-        android:background="@color/grey_600"
+        android:background="@drawable/msg_out"
         android:gravity="end"
         android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
         android:layout_alignParentRight="true"