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Space between textview and drawable icon

I'm facing problems with the position of an icon. I've set that icon as drawableLeft of a TextView, this is working fine but, if I set the TextView's gravity to center_horizontal, then a padding space appears between the icon and the text. The code is as follows:
<TextView
style="#style/BaseText.White.Bold"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/ic_text"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_text"
android:text="#string/text"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/margin_small"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/margin_big"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/margin_big"
android:padding="0dp"
android:drawablePadding="0dp"/>
What do I have to do to ensure that the icon is shown at the text's left side but horizontally centered?
I've make two screenshots to show you the difference when adding or removing the icon's gravity.
When the textview's gravity is not set, the result is as follows:
But, when the gravity is added, then a padding appears between the text and the icon:
Thanks in advance

Only add android:drawablePadding="10dp" field in your text view refer the coad
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Add New Address"
android:textAppearance="#style/Title"
android:id="#+id/tvAddNewAddress"
android:drawablePadding="20dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textColor="#color/colorAccent"
android:drawableStart="#android:drawable/arrow_down_float"
/>

Try to give android:gravity="center" to Text View. Also add android:layout_width="wrap_content" and android:layout_height="wrap_content" properties in Text View.
Refer this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:drawableLeft="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:drawablePadding="0dp"
android:drawableStart="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:padding="0dp"
android:text="TestingTestingTestingTestingTestingTestingTestingTestingTesting" />
</RelativeLayout>
This is what it showing.

Android: How to align the CheckBox text in the bottom?

Basically what I want is to have is a checkbox with the icon and the text below to the icon, something like this:
-------------------
| CheckBox Icon |
| |
| CheckBox Text |
| |
-------------------
By default the icon is placed in the left and the text in the right, both of them at the same level. Below the layout I'm using:
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Switch state"
android:button="#drawable/my_custom_selector" />
Any idea about how can I achieve to have the icon on top and the text below the icon?. Thanks in advance :)

I had the same problem and I have solved it using this:
android:button="#null"
android:drawableTop="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"

CheckedTextView + state list with checked and unchecked drawables:
<CheckedTextView
android:drawableTop="#drawable/checkmark"
android:checked="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Checked text"/>
#drawable/checkmark
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/unchecked" android:state_checked="false"></item>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/checked"></item></selector>
(checkmark.xml is simplified).

You can make the LinearLayout vertical and put the CheckBox (without text) on top and the text in a TextView below.
Finally make the LinearLayout clickable and check/uncheck programmatically.

I just made it by using a linear layout (vertical) as i don't use any custom checkbox xml
my case is like a text is on top of a checkbox
<androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView
android:layout_width="15dp"
android:layout_height="15dp"
android:text="text1"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="15dp"/>
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/textcheckbox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="onCheckboxClicked"/>
</androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>

The above solution did not work for me. What was missing is the Kotlin/Java code in it.
So add it in your Kotlin code
cb_twitter.setOnClickListener({
(it as CheckedTextView).toggle()
})
Here is my XML Code:
<CheckedTextView
android:id="#+id/cb_twitter"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:checked="false"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/checkbox_selector_twitter"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="#string/Twitter"
android:textAlignment="gravity"/>
Here I have also made text to center by
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textAlignment="gravity"

Android AutoCompleteTextView suggestions overlapping the TextView

I am making an application using Google maps. I am using AutoCompleteTextView to get suggestions of places. The output is as follows :
As you can see from the image, the border of the suggestion box is overlapping the TextView. I am using custom item layout with a Textview inside a Linear Layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#fff"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/resultValue"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#fff"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:paddingRight="5dp"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:textColor="#474040"
android:textSize="15sp" />
</LinearLayout>
Is there a way to bring the suggestion window down and to remove or change the colour of the grayish border of the suggestion window ?

Was doing the same thing as in the accepted answer, but was still having the overlap issue. To fix that make this call:
autocompleteView.setDropDownVerticalOffset(0);

Try like this, android:popupBackground="#EFEEEC"// change according your border you want for the suggestion box
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/autocomplete"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/text_area"
android:inputType="text|textNoSuggestions|textMultiLine"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:popupBackground="#EFEEEC"
android:textColor="#333333"
android:textColorHint="#9c9c9c"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:completionThreshold="1" />
and auto_textview.xml
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="12dp"
android:textColor="#333333"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
android:textSize="16sp" >
</TextView>
text_area9.png
Final output will look like
Hope this help you.

Use a custom drawable like
AutoCompleteTextView txtNames= (AutoCompleteTextView)findViewById(R.id.editBox);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.drawable.customlist, restList);
txtRestNames.setAdapter(adapter);
and add customlist as
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/cust_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dip"
android:textSize="12dp"
android:singleLine="false"/>
Change the parameters/color to suit your needs. Try it....hope it helps

Android - CheckedTextView checkbox does not conform with padding attribute?

I have following xml code:
It seems like the textview reflects to the 10 dp padding however the checkbox on the right side does not. The textview and checkbox are not aligned with each other. Anyone know why the checkbox is not conforming to the 10 dp padding? And is there a way to align my textview and checkbox?
<CheckedTextView
android:id="#+id/nearMeCheckedTextView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:checkMark="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"
android:clickable="true"
android:paddingTop="10dp" />

See this example... work for me
<CheckedTextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/checkedTextViewInterest"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:padding="12dp"
android:checkMark="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"
/>

try like this
<CheckedTextView
android:id="#+id/nearMeCheckedTextView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:checkMark="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"
android:clickable="true"
android:padding="10dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical" />

android layout: This tag and its children can be replaced by one <TextView/> and a compound drawable

When I run layout on a specific XML file, I get this:
This tag and its children can be replaced by one <TextView/>
and a compound drawable
What change should be done for the following xml code:
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/name_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/grouplist_single_left_grey_area" >
<ImageView android:id="#+id/photo_image"
android:layout_width="#dimen/thumbnail_width"
android:layout_height="#dimen/thumbnail_height"
android:paddingBottom="5dip"
android:paddingTop="5dip"
android:paddingRight="5dip"
android:paddingLeft="5dip"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#*android:drawable/nopicture_thumbnail"
android:background="#drawable/photo_highlight" />
<TextView android:id="#+id/name"
android:paddingLeft="5dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</LinearLayout>
This is how it looks like on the screen:
The camera icon is the default. Clicking on that will give the user an option to choose another image.

To expand on Romain Guy's answer, here is an example.
Before:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="My Compound Button" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/my_drawable" />
</LinearLayout>
After:
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My Compound Button"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/my_drawable" android:padding="5dp" />

Merge the TextView and the ImageView into one, by using TextView's setCompoundDrawable*() methods, or using android:drawableLeft.

Thought I would try to get some extra puntos for this as well: you can add padding between the image and the text using android:drawablePadding. https://stackoverflow.com/a/6671544/1224741

Add tools:ignore="UseCompoundDrawables" to <LinearLayout>.

Sometimes it is possible to replace ImageView (or multiple) and TextView with one TextView with compound drawable(s). There are NOT many parameters which can be applied to compound drawable using native API and this TextViewRichDrawable library, but if you can manage one TextView instead of using LinearLayout you should definitely use it.
The list of attributes and parameters which can be applied to compound drawables:
Size: (YES, really):
<com.tolstykh.textviewrichdrawable.TextViewRichDrawable
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some text"
app:compoundDrawableHeight="24dp"
app:compoundDrawableWidth="24dp"/>
Even set vector resource as drawable:
<com.tolstykh.textviewrichdrawable.TextViewRichDrawable
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some text"
app:drawableTopVector="#drawable/some_vector_drawble"
app:drawableEndVector="#drawable/another_vector_drawable" />
Drawable's Padding using native API android:drawablePadding -> link
Here is an example:

A LinearLayout which contains an ImageView and a TextView can
be more efficiently handled as a compound drawable (a single
TextView, using the drawableTop, drawableLeft, drawableRight
and/or drawableBottom attributes to draw one or more images
adjacent to the text).
If the two widgets are offset from each other with margins, this
can be replaced with a drawablePadding attribute.
There's a lint quickfix to perform this conversion in the Eclipse
plugin.
From: Android Official API docs!

When I followed the code above, text inside the TextView doesn't set properly.
You need to set its gravity to center|start to achieve what shown in the asked question.
The textview looks like this:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/export_text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/up_arrow"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/up_arrow"
android:gravity="center|start"
android:text="....."
android:textSize="#dimen/font_size15" >
</TextView>

the latest correct way at time of writing to add a compound drawable is using app:drawableStartCompat rather than android:drawableLeft.
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My Compound Button"
android:drawablePadding="5dp"
app:drawableStartCompat="#drawable/my_drawable" />

You can refer this code for example
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="#string/myName"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/myColor"
app:drawableTopCompat="#drawable/image_name" />

If you don't want to change the ImageView and TextView, you can change the version in the AndroidManifest.xml as:
<uses-sdk`
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="18"
/>
If your version is android:targetSdkVersion="17" change it s "18".
Hope this will rectify. I did it and got it right

I don't know if this is an efficient solution. But using <androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat> to wrap the imageView and TextView instead of <LinearLayout> will fix this error. Also by using LinearLayoutCompat, you will be able to adjust the image's width and height which you can't when using a drawableRight, drawableLeft, drawableTop or drawableBottom inside a TextView.

This warning is rather misleading. You can use a compound drawable using a TextView as others have suggested but it doesn't necessarily give you the desired result. You have very littler control over how you want your button to look like using a compound drawable, so it is better to just add tools:ignore="UseCompoundDrawables" and ignore this warning.

Another approach is embed the ViewImage into another LinearLayout (allow handle it with alone id):
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/blue_3"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingTop="16dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvPrompt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingTop="16dp"
android:text="#string/xy" />

This tag and its children can be replaced by one <TextView/> and a compound drawable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:focusable="false"
android:contentDescription="."
android:padding="3dp"
android:src="#drawable/tab_home_btn">
</ImageView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="首页"
android:textSize="10sp"
android:textColor="#ffffff">
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>