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Android round button with icon

I am trying to make a button like this
Button Image but I cannot put the icon in front of the text. The button I made now looks like this button image now. So, the main problem is how could I get the icon to be near in front of the text?
This is my button shape code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="50dp"
/>
<solid
android:color="#00A651"
/>
<padding
android:left="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:bottom="0dp"
/>
<size
android:width="300dp"
android:height="20dp"
/>
</shape>
This is the code I use to implement button into activity:
<Button
android:id="#+id/problem"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/buttonshape"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/ic_rate_review_black_24dp"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:text="#string/button_problem" />

Everything worked as Muhib Pirani suggested. Thanks to him.
Button's code now looks like this:
<Button
android:id="#+id/problem"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/buttonshape"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/ic_rate_review_black_24dp"
android:drawablePadding="5dp"
android:paddingLeft="40dp"
android:paddingRight="40dp"
android:text="#string/button_problem"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="15sp" />
The ButtonShape.xml looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="50dp"/>
<solid
android:color="#00A651"
/> </shape>

remove size and padding from your buttonXml reduce your radius
and add paddingTop and paddinBottom to your
or you can also use TextView as button have some padding already assigned with it.
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="10dp"
/>
<solid
android:color="#00A651"
/>
</shape>

You can use the MaterialButton:
<MaterialButton
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Button.IconOnly"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
.../>
with:
<style name="Widget.MaterialComponents.Button.IconOnly">
<item name="iconPadding">0dp</item>
<item name="android:insetTop">0dp</item>
<item name="android:insetBottom">0dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingLeft">12dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">12dp</item>
<item name="android:minWidth">12dp</item>
<item name="android:minHeight">12dp</item>
<item name="iconGravity">textStart</item>
</style>

button with rounded corner + icon +text
style="#style/Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless"
this work for me no need of much customisation

Android: Center background shape in textView

I use shape as background in TextView.
But I have no idea how can I center text.
screen
My shape:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary" />
<corners android:radius="30.0dip" />
<size
android:height="50dp"
android:width="190dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
Styles:
<style name="AppTheme.TextView" parent="#android:style/Widget.TextView">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/text_view_shape</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#android:color/white</item>
</style>
My Layout :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/tutorial_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/img_two"
tools:context="com.....TutorialFragment">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/tutorial_new_job"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/textView"
style="#style/AppTheme.TextView"
android:layout_marginTop="200dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/tutorial_its_easy"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/textView2"
style="#style/AppTheme.TextView"
android:layout_marginTop="34dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<solid android:color="#color/colorPrimary" />
<corners android:radius="30.0dip" />
<size
android:height="50dp"
android:width="190dp" />
<padding
android:left="50dp"
android:right="50dp">
</padding>
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
plus android:gravity="center" for TextView

Use android:gravity="center_horizontal" or android:textAlignment="center_horizontal"

When i alter radio button style xml - changes dont reflect

Im trying to make custom Radio buttons. Found an article which looked great (Article) but when i try doing what is said here, it doesnt update at all. Would a base theme prevent me from making custom radio buttons? My code below:
Layout xml
<RadioGroup
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:id="#+id/radioGroup"
android:background="#drawable/country_select_radio_button">
<RadioButton
android:id="#+id/ke_radio"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/SouthAfrica"
android:layout_alignStart="#+id/SouthAfrica"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/SouthAfrica"
android:layout_marginTop="35dp"
android:background="#drawable/country_select_radio_button"
android:text="Kenya"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:checked="false" />
<RadioButton
android:id="#+id/za_radio"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/btn_za"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="125dp"
android:text="South Africa"
android:checked="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />
</RadioGroup>
button style xml
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:drawable="#drawable/b"
android:state_checked="true"
android:state_pressed="true" />
<item
android:drawable="#drawable/a"
android:state_pressed="true" />
<item
android:drawable="#drawable/a"
android:state_checked="true" />
<item
android:drawable="#drawable/b" />
a.xml
<selector
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="5dp" />
<solid
android:color="#fff" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#FF0000" />
b.xml
<selector
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="5dp" />
<solid
android:color="#FF0000" />
<stroke
android:width="2dp"
android:color="#555555" />
no matter what i change, the style of the button stays the default?
what am i doing wrong?

u need to set the android button property in your xml
<RadioButton
android:id="#+id/ke_radio"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:button="#drawable/radio_button_selector"
android:padding="#dimen/text_padding"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
/>
wher radio_button selector is your custom xml file for radio button
please use below selector xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/radiobutton1" android:state_checked="false"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/radiobutton2" android:state_checked="true"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/radiobutton1"/>
</selector>
put 2 images for testing as radiobutton1 and radiobutton2 and test

Is there any attribute for the button to make it look stylish?

I am using the following. I want to add stylish properties like color and style.
Please help
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="43dp"
android:text="OK" />

paste the following code into new xml file in drawable folder and name the file draw and
and in button give background of this xml file name
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:padding="10dp"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#1F2120" />
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="6dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="6dp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:topLeftRadius="6dp"
android:topRightRadius="6dp" />
</shape>
this is how you can use this
<Button
android:id="#+id/force"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/draw"
android:text="some txt"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="20dp" />

<!-- Custom Style for bottom displaying confirm and cancel -->
<style name="Widget.GsMenuButton" parent="#style/Widget.Button">
<item name="android:layout_height">36px</item>
<item name="android:layout_width">82px</item>
<item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
<item name="android:ellipsize">end</item>
<item name="background">#drawable/gs_menu_btn</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#fff</item>
</style>
This is what i have done to make my button. It change the button background color with background attribute and change the text color with android:textColor. I think you can just add these to your button attribute.

you can add images to this button by using :
android:background="#drawable/image_name"
if you want to simply add some color to this button's background, you can do it like this:
android:background="#ff0000" // color code for red color
besides, you can specify text color like this :
android:textColor="#0000ff" // color code for blue color
if you want to change your button's background on different events like while the button is foccused, pressed etc. you need to create an xml file say mybutton_style.xml indrawable folder.
// code for mybutton_style.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/btn_image_pressed" /> <!-- pressed -->
<item android:state_focused="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/btn_image_focussed" /> <!--focused -->
<item android:drawable="#drawable/btn_image_default" /> <!-- default -->
</selector>
after that you just need to specify it as your button's background:
android:background="#drawable/mybutton_style"

copy following bg.xml file in to your drawable folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true"><shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="10dp" />
<gradient
android:endColor="#fffffa"
android:startColor="#ffffff"
android:angle="270" />
<solid android:color="#00aa00" />
<padding android:bottom="10.0dip" android:left="10.0dip" android:right="10.0dip" android:top="10.0dip" />
</shape></item>
<item android:state_pressed="false"><shape android:shape="rectangle">
<corners android:radius="10dp" />
<solid android:color="#ffffff" />
<gradient
android:endColor="#fffffa"
android:startColor="#ffffff"
android:angle="270" />
<padding android:bottom="10.0dip" android:left="10.0dip" android:right="10.0dip" android:top="10.0dip" />
</shape></item>
</selector>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView2"
android:background="#drawable/bg"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="43dp"
android:text="OK" />

if you want to make your button stylish but in simple way then you can try the following:
android:background="#null"
android:typeface="serif"
if you don't want simple stuff then you can customize it as you want.

Android Relative Layout Selector

How do I change the color of a Relative Layout Shape ? To work it like a button.
I tried to do it using a selector.
This is the code i used.
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/rlGPS"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#drawable/relative_selector"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvs1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/tvl1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/iv1"
android:text="you can here protect ... "
android:textColor="#color/gray" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvl1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/iv1"
android:text="GPS"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#color/white" />
</RelativeLayout>
relative_selector.xml In here I'm doing the changes using selector.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="#drawable/relative_focus"/>
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:state_enabled="false"
android:drawable="#drawable/relative_clicked" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/relative_background"/>
</selector>
relative_background.xml This is the shape.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:padding="10dp"
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#636161" />
<padding android:left="5dp"
android:top="2dp"
android:right="2dp"
android:bottom="5dp" />
<corners android:radius="6dp" />
<solid android:color="#88ffffff"
/>
</shape>
In "relative_clicked.xml" and "relative_focus.xml" I only changed the colors.
relative_focus.xml
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#ffff00" />
relative_clicked.xml
<solid android:color="#88ffff00"/>
All .xml files are in drawable folder.
I want to work this like a button.Is someone having any idea?

From your selector xml:
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:state_enabled="false"
android:drawable="#drawable/relative_clicked" />
Will it work if you remove state_enabled?
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/relative_clicked" />