Fit Image in ImageButton in Android

Question

I have 6 ImageButton in my activity, I set images through my code in them ( not using xml).

I want them to cover 75% of the button area. But where as some images cover less area, some are too big to fit into the imageButton. How to programatically resize and show them? Below is the screen shot

below is the xml-file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0sp"     >
   <LinearLayout
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal">
        <ImageButton          

            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/button_topleft"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0sp"
            />
        <ImageButton
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/button_topright"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0sp"
            />
    </LinearLayout>
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <ImageButton
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/button_repeat"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0sp"     
             />

              <ImageButton
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/button_next"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0sp"     
             />

    </LinearLayout>    
   <LinearLayout
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <ImageButton
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/button_bottomleft"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0sp"                                 
             />
        <ImageButton
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/button_bottomright"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2sp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0sp"                  
            />        
    </LinearLayout>        

</LinearLayout>

and a snippet of myClass.java:

public void addImageButtons()
    {
        iB_topleft = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.button_topleft);
        iB_topright = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.button_topright);
        iB_bottomleft = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.button_bottomleft);
        iB_bottomright = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.button_bottomright);
        iB_next = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.button_next);
        iB_repeat = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.button_repeat);
    }

    public void setImageNextAndRepeat()
    {

    iB_topleft .setImageResource(R.drawable.aa);
        iB_topright.setImageResource(R.drawable.bb);   

    iB_bottomleft.setImageResource(R.drawable.cc);
        iB_bottomright.setImageResource(R.drawable.dd);   

        iB_next.setImageResource(R.drawable.next);
        iB_repeat.setImageResource(R.drawable.repeat);      
    }

Cornew

have you checked scaling-methods android provides? developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/… – Bartender

Answer 1

I want them to cover 75% of the button area.

Use android:padding="20dp" (adjust the padding as needed) to control how much the image takes up on the button.

but where as some images cover less area, some are too big to fit into the imageButton. How to programatically resize and show them?

Use a android:scaleType="fitCenter" to have Android scale the images, and android:adjustViewBounds="true" to have them adjust their bounds due to scaling.

All of these attributes can be set in code on each ImageButton at runtime. However, it is much easier to set and preview in xml in my opinion.

Also, do not use sp for anything other than text size, it is scaled depending on the text size preference the user sets, so your sp dimensions will be larger than your intended if the user has a "large" text setting. Use dp instead, as it is not scaled by the user's text size preference.

Here's a snippet of what each button should look like:

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/button_topleft"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:scaleType="fitCenter" />

Lacquer

@Steven Byle Sorry for the late responce, but how can i apply the same but for a relative layout? – Pineal

For those looking, ImageButton methods setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER) setAdjustViewBounds(true) do this programmatically. – Pulmonic

Also do android:background="@null" to try the default background – Enzootic

Answer 2

I'm using the following code in xml

android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="centerInside"

Emphatic

I have a rather "flat" rectangle and this works well for me...one catch though: make sure you use "android:src" instead of "android:background." +1. – Featured

Answer 3

Try to use android:scaleType="fitXY" in i-Imagebutton xml

Guipure

though this worked and scaled, but i wanted that it should cover 75% of the area for better visibility. – Cornew

@PowerPC try to use framelayout give heigh and width to 75% and into that frame layout use your imagebutton and set scale type fit to xy – Guipure

framelayout for each imagebutton inside linearlayout? can u plz clarify – Cornew

@PowerPC I never use this but this link can help you #9947080 – Guipure

@StevenByle I considered both approach, but since I wanted 75% area coverage, your solution worked fine. Thanks. – Cornew

Answer 4

I'm using android:scaleType="fitCenter" with satisfaction.

Impurity

Answer 5

Refer below link and try to find what you really want:

ImageView.ScaleType CENTER Center the image in the view, but perform no scaling.

ImageView.ScaleType CENTER_CROP Scale the image uniformly (maintain the image's aspect ratio) so that both dimensions (width and height) of the image will be equal to or larger than the corresponding dimension of the view (minus padding).

ImageView.ScaleType CENTER_INSIDE Scale the image uniformly (maintain the image's aspect ratio) so that both dimensions (width and height) of the image will be equal to or less than the corresponding dimension of the view (minus padding).

ImageView.ScaleType FIT_CENTER Scale the image using CENTER.

ImageView.ScaleType FIT_END Scale the image using END.

ImageView.ScaleType FIT_START Scale the image using START.

ImageView.ScaleType FIT_XY Scale the image using FILL.

ImageView.ScaleType MATRIX Scale using the image matrix when drawing.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView.ScaleType.html

Shad

Answer 6

You can make your ImageButton widget as I did. In my case, I needed a widget with a fixed icon size. Let's start from custom attributes:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <declare-styleable name="ImageButtonFixedIconSize">
        <attr name="imageButton_icon" format="reference" />
        <attr name="imageButton_iconWidth" format="dimension" />
        <attr name="imageButton_iconHeight" format="dimension" />
    </declare-styleable>
</resources>

Widget class is quite simple (the key point is padding calculations in onLayout method):

class ImageButtonFixedIconSize
@JvmOverloads
constructor(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
    defStyleAttr: Int = android.R.attr.imageButtonStyle
) : ImageButton(context, attrs, defStyleAttr) {

    private lateinit var icon: Drawable

    @Px
    private var iconWidth: Int = 0
    @Px
    private var iconHeight: Int = 0

    init {
        scaleType = ScaleType.FIT_XY
        attrs?.let { retrieveAttributes(it) }
    }

    /**
     *
     */
    override fun onLayout(changed: Boolean, left: Int, top: Int, right: Int, bottom: Int) {
        val width = right - left
        val height = bottom - top

        val horizontalPadding = if(width > iconWidth) (width - iconWidth) / 2 else 0
        val verticalPadding = if(height > iconHeight) (height - iconHeight) / 2 else 0

        setPadding(horizontalPadding, verticalPadding, horizontalPadding, verticalPadding)

        setImageDrawable(icon)

        super.onLayout(changed, left, top, right, bottom)
    }

    /**
     *
     */
    private fun retrieveAttributes(attrs: AttributeSet) {
        val typedArray = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.ImageButtonFixedIconSize)

        icon = typedArray.getDrawable(R.styleable.ImageButtonFixedIconSize_imageButton_icon)!!

        iconWidth = typedArray.getDimension(R.styleable.ImageButtonFixedIconSize_imageButton_iconWidth, 0f).toInt()
        iconHeight = typedArray.getDimension(R.styleable.ImageButtonFixedIconSize_imageButton_iconHeight, 0f).toInt()

        typedArray.recycle()
    }
}

And at last you should use your widget like this:

<com.syleiman.gingermoney.ui.common.controls.ImageButtonFixedIconSize
    android:layout_width="90dp"
    android:layout_height="63dp"

    app:imageButton_icon="@drawable/ic_backspace"
    app:imageButton_iconWidth="20dp"
    app:imageButton_iconHeight="15dp"

    android:id="@+id/backspaceButton"
    tools:ignore="ContentDescription"
    />

Jsandye

Answer 7

I recently found out by accident that since you have more control on a ImageView that you can set an onclicklistener for an image here is a sample of a dynamically created image button

private int id;
private bitmap bmp;
    LinearLayout.LayoutParams familyimagelayout = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
                    LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT );

    final ImageView familyimage = new ImageView(this);
            familyimage.setBackground(null);
            familyimage.setImageBitmap(bmp);
            familyimage.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_START);
            familyimage.setAdjustViewBounds(true);
            familyimage.setId(id);
            familyimage.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    //what you want to do put here
                }
            });

Perzan

It is not a bad idea. I like. – Fullblown

Answer 8

It worked well in my case. First, you download an image and rename it as iconimage, locates it in the drawable folder. You can change the size by setting android:layout_width or android:layout_height. Finally, we have

 <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/answercall"
        android:layout_width="120dp"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:src="@drawable/iconimage"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:scaleType="fitCenter" />

Shelve