Value equals to match_parent or fill_parent in dimens.xml?

Use this, it works for me

<dimen name="custom_wrap_content">-2px</dimen>  
<dimen name="horizontal_border_height">@dimen /custom_wrap_content</dimen>

<dimen name="custom_match_parent">-1px</dimen>  
<dimen name="vertical_border_height">@dimen /custom_match_parent</dimen>

And the Reason why match_parent doesn’t run. You cannot supply a build in keyword like match_parent

Edit: Use px instead of dp as suggested by Jarett Millard in the comments.