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how to align the drawable to left of text in textview?

I want to display a drawable and text in a textview. When I use below code it is displaying both but drawable is in left most side of textview.
<app.com.myapp.views.TextViewMedium
android:id="#+id/approve_btn"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#color/color_5eba6f"
android:gravity="center"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/approve"
android:text="#string/notification_approve"
android:textColor="#color/color_FFFFFF"
android:textSize="#dimen/dp_14" />
My text is aligned in center. I want to align drawable to left of that text.Gap between drawable and text should be just 6 dp. Is it possible to do? Or do I need to create a layout with imageview and textview to achieve the same?

Use these tags to set the image in your textView.
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/your_image"
android:drawablePadding="6dp"
Hope this helps!

This can be possible way :
<TextView
android:id="#+id/etName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/edittext"
android:drawableLeft="#mipmap/icon_username"
android:drawablePadding="6dp"
android:gravity="fill_horizontal|fill|left"
android:padding="5dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden" />

Try this
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Sample Text"
android:id="#+id/handling"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/emoticons_bear"
android:drawablePadding="6dp"/>

You need to use drawableLeft attribute as below:
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:id="#+id/userFname"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/user_name"
android:drawablePadding="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
/>

to do that you must use relative layout like this:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<!--Your text view-->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myText"/>
<!--Your image view-->
<ImageView
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/myText"
android:padding_right="6dp"/>
</RlativeLayout>
with that code you ImageView is forced to be at the left of your TextView and by 6dp spacing
Don't forget you must use relativeLayout as a parent layout so you can use toLeftOf

This is possible way to do it
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Your Text"
android:id="#+id/yourTextView"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/yourDrawable"
android:drawablePadding="6dp"/>
If not satisfies your demands you must use separate ImageView and TextView i think.. Hope to help you!

How to match drawableleft borders with its parent edittext's borders?

I am trying to add a drawableleft to an Edittext:
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editUserName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/icon_email"
android:hint="#string/login_identity_hint"
android:textSize="12sp" />
Here is how it looks like:
As you see, the image does not match its parent's borders, there is padding from left, bottom and top even though i do not set any padding. What can i do about it?
I also tried the following approach:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/editUserNameContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView android:id="#+id/img"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/icon_email"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>
<EditText
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/img"
android:id="#+id/editUserName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawablePadding="5dp"
android:hint="hint"
android:textSize="12sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
But this time, it looks like the following: The image and edittext's heights do not match and there is a small gap between them:
Thanks.

I am thinking the only way you can get it to be how you want is to do something like this....
Remove android:drawablePadding="5dp" from EditText
Remove android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/img" from EditText
Add android:paddingLeft="50dp" to EditText
Add android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" to ImageView
This will just put the image over the top of your edit text, and using the padding to move the text in the edit text box to the right a bit after the image. You may need to make adjustments to the image view to make it fit just right
Let me know how this works!
<ImageView android:id="#+id/img"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/icon_email"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>
<EditText
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:id="#+id/editUserName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="50dp"
android:hint="hint"
android:textSize="12sp" />

How do you remove the extra inner padding inside a Spinner button in an Android layout?

I am trying to create a Button that looks like a Spinner.
I have done this by creating a Button like this:
<Button
android:id="#+id/dateButton"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/dateLabel"
android:text="default text"
android:textSize="15sp"
style="?android:attr/spinnerStyle"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" />
The problem is that the text ("default text") inside the Button seems to have extra padding around it, which makes the Button look bloated and expanded in its height.
I thought that setting the layout_height for the button to "wrap_content" would fix this and make the button thinner, but it does not have any effect.
Does anyone know how to make this button's height wrap to the text inside it?
Here is the example code:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dateLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:text="Select date:"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/dateButton"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/dateLabel"
android:text="default text"
android:textSize="15sp"
style="?android:attr/spinnerStyle"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" />
</RelativeLayout>

android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" instead of this you can write
android:gravity="center" but as per your requirment just remove this line.do not add any gravity and change your height size android:layout_height="40dp"
i changed your code
<Button
android:id="#+id/dateButton"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="35dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/dateLabel"
android:text="default text"
style="?android:attr/spinnerStyle"
/>

The padding of this button is decided by the drawable of it. You either need to change the spinner drawable (can be done at runtime) , or provide your own drawable to the given button that would make it look like a spinner, without using the default one

Right align TextView using gravity in RelativeLayout

I am trying to get an editText to sit on the right edge of my layout, with a button to its left, as follows:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/FindClientLayout"
android:layout_width="#dimen/third_width"
android:layout_height="#dimen/half_height"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="false"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="false"
android:layout_below="#id/HeaderLayout"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/fragment_separation"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/scrollViewRecommend"
android:background="#drawable/login_border" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewFindClient"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="#string/find_client"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#color/Black" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editTextClient"
android:layout_width="#dimen/input_text_width"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:inputType="text"/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerClientList"
android:layout_width="#dimen/input_text_width"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/editTextClient"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonDoFind"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/editTextClient"
android:text="#string/find" />
</RelativeLayout>
The button is invisible, and the result looks like this:
I assume the button is invisible because the editText is left-aligned and overlays it or pushes it out of the layout frame. Why is are the editText and spinner left aligned rather than right-aligned? Also, why is the editText not centered vertically?

Edit you xml file like this and check for result
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewFindClient"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="#string/find_client"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#color/Black" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editTextClient"
android:layout_width="#dimen/input_text_width"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:inputType="text"/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerClientList"
android:layout_width="#dimen/input_text_width"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/editTextClient"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonDoFind"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/editTextClient"
android:text="#string/find" />
this should solve your problem which is , you are using gravity to place the edittext on right but gravity is actually use to position the content of view not the view itself.
If you still face problem leave a comment

android:gravity="center_vertical|right"
indicates the content in the edittext will be right aligned and in center_vertical postion
If you want to right align you can use alignParentRight="true" or toRightOf="id_to_which_it_relate_to"

You can't align RelativeLayout child views with just gravity.
Try to use android:layout_centerVertical="true" and android:layout_alignParentRight="true" instead

align Button to left of RelatativeLayout and TextView to right. Keep the EditText in between TextView and Button.

Relative layout - Right justify the data in textview

I am using the following xml to generate a row in a list view. Though i have set the gravity as center_Vertical and right. Only center_Vertical is applied but not the "right" gravity. I have even tried inside the code. the "right" gravity is not working. Kindly help me to correct the code.
Thanks in Advance
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTicketID"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="52dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
android:text="Ticket ID"
android:textSize="15dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvCreationHour"
android:gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="52dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="40dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/tvTicketID"
android:text="Hour" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTableNumber"
android:gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="52dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="24dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/tvCreationHour"
android:text="Table #" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvAmount"
android:gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="52dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="18dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/tvTableNumber"
android:text="Amount" />
</RelativeLayout>
The code I use to create a row using the above xml
holder.tvTicketID.setText(String.valueOf(ticket.getId())) ;
holder.tvCreationHour.setText(String.valueOf(ticket.getCreationHour())) ;
holder.tvTableNumber.setText(String.valueOf(ticket.getTableNumber())) ;
holder.tvAmount.setText(String.valueOf(ticket.getTotalAmount())) ;

Try setting android:layout_gravity="right"

In general, android:gravity="right" is different from android:layout_gravity="right".
The first one affects the position of the text itself within the View, so if you want it to be right-aligned, then layout_width= should be either "fill_parent" or "match_parent".
The second one affects the View's position inside its parent, in other words - aligning the object itself (edit box or text view) inside the parent view.

Finally, I fonund the answer. I have changed the android:layout_width="wrap_content" in the TEXTVIEW to android:layout_width="30dp". Now it works..