Make ProgressBar Vertical

Create a drawable in your Drawable folder called vertical_progress_bar.xml:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

  <item android:id="@android:id/background">
    <shape>
      <corners android:radius="5dip" />
      <gradient
              android:startColor="#ff9d9e9d"
              android:centerColor="#ff5a5d5a"
              android:centerY="0.75"
              android:endColor="#ff747674"
              android:angle="180"
            />
    </shape>
  </item>

  <item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
    <clip android:clipOrientation="vertical" android:gravity="bottom">
      <shape>
        <corners android:radius="5dip" />
        <gradient
                android:startColor="#80ffd300"
                android:centerColor="#80ffb600"
                android:centerY="0.75"
                android:endColor="#a0ffcb00"
                android:angle="180"
                />
      </shape>
    </clip>
  </item>

  <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
    <clip android:clipOrientation="vertical" android:gravity="bottom">
      <shape>
        <corners android:radius="5dip" />
        <gradient
                android:startColor="#ffffd300"
                android:centerColor="#ffffb600"
                android:centerY="0.75"
                android:endColor="#ffffcb00"
                android:angle="180"
                />
      </shape>
    </clip>
  </item>

</layer-list>

 

 Create a styles.xml file in the Resource/Values folder:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<resources>
  <style name="Widget">
  </style>

  <style name="Widget.ProgressBar">
    <item name="android:indeterminateOnly">true</item>
    <item name="android:indeterminateBehavior">repeat</item>
    <item name="android:indeterminateDuration">3500</item>
    <item name="android:minWidth">48dip</item>
    <item name="android:maxWidth">48dip</item>
    <item name="android:minHeight">48dip</item>
    <item name="android:maxHeight">48dip</item>
  </style>

  <style name="Widget.ProgressBar.Vertical">
    <item name="android:indeterminateOnly">false</item>
    <item name="android:progressDrawable">@drawable/vertical_progress_bar</item>
    <item name="android:indeterminateDrawable">@android:drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal</item>
    <item name="android:minWidth">1dip</item>
    <item name="android:maxWidth">12dip</item>
  </style>
</resources>

 

 Now you should be able to use something like, in your layout:

 

<ProgressBar
    android:layout_width="12dip"
    android:layout_height="300dip"
    style="@style/Widget.ProgressBar.Vertical"
    android:id="@+id/progressBar2"/>