diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 8f757857fb0ac..5a82f1d3a75e0 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ package android {
     field public static final int orderingFromXml = 16843239; // 0x10101e7
     field public static final int orientation = 16842948; // 0x10100c4
     field public static final int outAnimation = 16843128; // 0x1010178
+    field public static final int outlineProvider = 16843961; // 0x10104b9
     field public static final int overScrollFooter = 16843459; // 0x10102c3
     field public static final int overScrollHeader = 16843458; // 0x10102c2
     field public static final int overScrollMode = 16843457; // 0x10102c1
@@ -34958,6 +34959,8 @@ package android.view {
     ctor public ViewOutlineProvider();
     method public abstract void getOutline(android.view.View, android.graphics.Outline);
     field public static final android.view.ViewOutlineProvider BACKGROUND;
+    field public static final android.view.ViewOutlineProvider BOUNDS;
+    field public static final android.view.ViewOutlineProvider PADDED_BOUNDS;
   }
 
   public class ViewOverlay {
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 3adc41a0e86d5..f17daafca6078 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -4047,6 +4047,10 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
                     mBackgroundTintMode = Drawable.parseTintMode(a.getInt(
                             R.styleable.View_backgroundTintMode, -1), mBackgroundTintMode);
                     break;
+                case R.styleable.View_outlineProvider:
+                    setOutlineProviderFromAttribute(a.getInt(R.styleable.View_outlineProvider,
+                            PROVIDER_BACKGROUND));
+                    break;
             }
         }
 
@@ -10823,14 +10827,6 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Deprecated, pending removal
-     *
-     * @hide
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public void setOutline(@Nullable Outline outline) {}
-
     /**
      * Returns whether the Outline should be used to clip the contents of the View.
      * <p>
@@ -10860,6 +10856,28 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
         }
     }
 
+    // correspond to the enum values of View_outlineProvider
+    private static final int PROVIDER_BACKGROUND = 0;
+    private static final int PROVIDER_NONE = 1;
+    private static final int PROVIDER_BOUNDS = 2;
+    private static final int PROVIDER_PADDED_BOUNDS = 3;
+    private void setOutlineProviderFromAttribute(int providerInt) {
+        switch (providerInt) {
+            case PROVIDER_BACKGROUND:
+                setOutlineProvider(ViewOutlineProvider.BACKGROUND);
+                break;
+            case PROVIDER_NONE:
+                setOutlineProvider(null);
+                break;
+            case PROVIDER_BOUNDS:
+                setOutlineProvider(ViewOutlineProvider.BOUNDS);
+                break;
+            case PROVIDER_PADDED_BOUNDS:
+                setOutlineProvider(ViewOutlineProvider.PADDED_BOUNDS);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the {@link ViewOutlineProvider} of the view, which generates the Outline that defines
      * the shape of the shadow it casts, and enables outline clipping.
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/ViewOutlineProvider.java b/core/java/android/view/ViewOutlineProvider.java
index 170c5d8149cc1..a1a02f67ff5bc 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/ViewOutlineProvider.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/ViewOutlineProvider.java
@@ -43,6 +43,35 @@ public abstract class ViewOutlineProvider {
         }
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Maintains the outline of the View to match its rectangular bounds,
+     * at <code>1.0f</code> alpha.
+     *
+     * This can be used to enable Views that are opaque but lacking a background cast a shadow.
+     */
+    public static final ViewOutlineProvider BOUNDS = new ViewOutlineProvider() {
+        @Override
+        public void getOutline(View view, Outline outline) {
+            outline.setRect(0, 0, view.getWidth(), view.getHeight());
+        }
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Maintains the outline of the View to match its rectangular padded bounds,
+     * at <code>1.0f</code> alpha.
+     *
+     * This can be used to enable Views that are opaque but lacking a background cast a shadow.
+     */
+    public static final ViewOutlineProvider PADDED_BOUNDS = new ViewOutlineProvider() {
+        @Override
+        public void getOutline(View view, Outline outline) {
+            outline.setRect(view.getPaddingLeft(),
+                    view.getPaddingTop(),
+                    view.getWidth() - view.getPaddingRight(),
+                    view.getHeight() - view.getPaddingBottom());
+        }
+    };
+
     /**
      * Called to get the provider to populate the Outline.
      *
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
index f9ea5d8a0cfbf..08aaa6aee8212 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -2513,6 +2513,19 @@
                  result to valid color values. Saturate(S + D) -->
             <enum name="add" value="16" />
         </attr>
+
+        <!-- ViewOutlineProvider used to determine the View's Outline. -->
+        <attr name="outlineProvider">
+            <!-- Default, background drawable-driven outline. -->
+            <enum name="background" value="0" />
+            <!-- No outline provider. -->
+            <enum name="none" value="1" />
+            <!-- Generates an opaque outline for the bounds of the view. -->
+            <enum name="bounds" value="2" />
+            <!-- Generates an opaque outline for the padded bounds of the view. -->
+            <enum name="paddedBounds" value="3" />
+        </attr>
+
     </declare-styleable>
 
     <!-- Attributes that can be assigned to a tag for a particular View. -->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/public.xml b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
index 7ade51d9c1ad2..ed66c652bb742 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/public.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/public.xml
@@ -2272,6 +2272,7 @@
   <public type="attr" name="inset" />
   <public type="attr" name="letterSpacing" />
   <public type="attr" name="fontFeatureSettings" />
+  <public type="attr" name="outlineProvider" />
 
   <public-padding type="dimen" name="l_resource_pad" end="0x01050010" />