How to center icon and text in a android button with width set to "fill parent"

Question

I want to have an Android Button with icon+text centered inside it. I'm using the drawableLeft attribute to set the image, this works well if the button has a width of "wrap_content" but I need to stretch to max width so I use width "fill_parent". This moves my icon straight to the left of the button and I want both icon and text centered inside the button.

I've try setting up the padding but this only allows to give a fixed value so it is not what I need. I need to have icon+text aligned in the center.

<Button 
    android:id="@+id/startTelemoteButton" 
    android:text="@string/start_telemote"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/start"
    android:paddingLeft="20dip"
    android:paddingRight="20dip"            
    android:width="fill_parent"
    android:heigh="wrap_content" />

Any suggestions on how I could achieve that?

Platypus

It's possible that there is not an easy solution for this? Do I have to try with a 9patch button img with the icon in there? – Platypus

This might be a solution. Is the button text going to be localized or static? – Processional

It's localized. There is not any other solution for this? I managed to do it with a 9 patch but having problems when changing locale. – Platypus

What about using a Button with drawable TOP and adding some padding to it? – Hon

bad framework design – Streamlet

Answer 1

All the previous answers seem to be outdated

You can use the MaterialButton now which lets setting the icon gravity.

 <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
        android:id="@+id/btnDownloadPdf"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="56dp"
        android:layout_margin="16dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:textAllCaps="true"
        app:backgroundTint="#fc0"
        app:icon="@drawable/ic_pdf"
        app:iconGravity="textStart"
        app:iconPadding="10dp"
        app:iconTint="#f00"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        tools:text="Download Pdf" />

For using the material components you will obviously need to:

Add a dependency implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0-alpha01' (use latest version)

Make your theme extend Material Components theme

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light">
...
</style>

In case you cannot do so, extend it from the Material Bridge theme

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.Bridge">
...
</style>

Mills

Instead of having to make change to entire app theme, you may just apply the theme only for the button itself by using app:theme on MaterialButton tag – Palladic

Answer 2

android:drawableLeft is always keeping android:paddingLeft as a distance from the left border. When the button is not set to android:width="wrap_content", it will always hang to the left!

With Android 4.0 (API level 14) you can use android:drawableStart attribute to place a drawable at the start of the text. The only backward compatible solution I've come up with is using an ImageSpan to create a Text+Image Spannable:

Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
Spannable buttonLabel = new SpannableString(" Button Text");
buttonLabel.setSpan(new ImageSpan(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.icon,      
    ImageSpan.ALIGN_BOTTOM), 0, 1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
button.setText(buttonLabel);

In my case I needed to also adjust the android:gravity attribute of the Button to make it look centered:

<Button
  android:id="@+id/button"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:minHeight="32dp"
  android:minWidth="150dp"
  android:gravity="center_horizontal|top" />

Oviduct

Nice. The last line should be button.setText(buttonLabel) – Forborne

Unicode has an extensive set of character icons that are compatible with strings in Android. If you can find an acceptable one, this is a simple solution, and it has the added bonus that it will scale with text size. For instance, it has an envelope for an email icon and a couple of different phones for a call button. – Immoral

This ImageSpan solution is wonderful for solving the problem of creating a Button subclass capable of displaying either an image or text. Thanks! – Hemorrhoidectomy

I'm confused how this worked for anyone, for me it draws 2 icons... one way to the left, and one directly in the center which displays on top of the text. – Dinette

drawableStart won't work. See this thread: #15351490 Also, it seems that when you set the text using a spannable, the style is ignored. – Bedspring

Question : AnyThing to center ImageSpan. – Scriber

drawableStart doesn't work, and it was added in API level 17 to support rtl – Silvertongued

This solution places an icon over first symbol of a text and ignores padding. It ignores vertical alignment. Author preferred to add spaces (" ") before button text. – Heteromorphic

Answer 3

I know I am late in answering this question, but this helped me:

<FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="35dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:background="@color/fb" >

            <Button
                android:id="@+id/fbLogin"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:background="@null"
                android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_facebook"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:minHeight="0dp"
                android:minWidth="0dp"
                android:text="FACEBOOK"
                android:textColor="@android:color/white" />
        </FrameLayout>

I found this solution from here: Android UI struggles: making a button with centered text and icon

Wellspring

The problem with this is that the button is not the width of the frame layout. – Neel

Answer 4

I used LinearLayout instead of Button. The OnClickListener, which I need to use works fine also for LinearLayout.

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/my_button"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/selector"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:clickable="true">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
        android:scaleType="fitCenter"
        android:src="@drawable/icon" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Text" />

</LinearLayout>

Jenn

Answer 5

I adjust it by adding padding left and right as follows:

<Button
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:id="@+id/btn_facebookact_like"
            android:text="@string/btn_facebookact_like"
            android:textColor="@color/black"
            android:textAllCaps="false"
            android:background="@color/white"
            android:drawableStart="@drawable/like"
            android:drawableLeft="@drawable/like"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:paddingLeft="40dp"
            android:paddingRight="40dp"
            />

Kattegat

The paddingLeft and paddingRight was that helped me with my centering. upvoting for easy solution. – Thisbee

How do you manage the fact that your width is dynamic ? If you rotate your screen, all your icons won't be centered right ? I'm facing this issue actually – Kunzite

this is the best answer! – Brazee

Answer 6

I recently bumped into the same problem. Tried to find a cheaper solution so came up with this.

   <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/linearButton"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/selector_button_translucent_ab_color"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/app_name"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white" />
    </LinearLayout>

Then just call the OnClickListener on LinearLayout.

Hope this helps someone as it seems like a very common problem. :)

Shiloh

This is a good idea, but a bad solution. You can achieve the same thing with just one TextView using the drawableLeft-attribute. This enables you to view a drawable to the left of the text. – Pontoon

@Pontoon yup, that's right. but when you make the textView match the parent width your drawable will move to extreme left even if you center your text. please let me know if i'm wrong. and the question is about that only. – Shiloh

ah sorry..I came here for exactly this problem and lost focus after trying out too many things :) Guess I didn't see the forest for the trees. My fault! – Pontoon

Answer 7

You could use a custom button which measures and draws itself to accomodate a left drawable. Please find example and usage here

public class DrawableAlignedButton extends Button {

    public DrawableAlignedButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
}

public DrawableAlignedButton(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

public DrawableAlignedButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int style) {
    super(context, attrs, style);
}

private Drawable mLeftDrawable;

@Override
    //Overriden to work only with a left drawable.
public void setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(Drawable left,
        Drawable top, Drawable right, Drawable bottom) {
    if(left == null) return;
    left.setBounds(0, 0, left.getIntrinsicWidth(), left.getIntrinsicHeight());
    mLeftDrawable = left;
}

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    //transform the canvas so we can draw both image and text at center.
    canvas.save();
    canvas.translate(2+mLeftDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth()/2, 0);
    super.onDraw(canvas);
    canvas.restore();
    canvas.save();
    int widthOfText = (int)getPaint().measureText(getText().toString());
    int left = (getWidth()+widthOfText)/2 - mLeftDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth() - 2;
    canvas.translate(left, (getHeight()-mLeftDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight())/2);
    mLeftDrawable.draw(canvas);
    canvas.restore();
}

@Override
protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
    super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
    int height = getMeasuredHeight();
    height = Math.max(height, mLeftDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight() + getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom());
    setMeasuredDimension(getMeasuredWidth(), height);
}
}

Usage

<com.mypackage.DrawableAlignedButton
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:drawableLeft="@drawable/my_drawable"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:padding="7dp"
        android:text="My Text" />

Ledet

You can include code in your answer, which should be the preferred way (if it's not too long), as links might die over time- – Sculley

Not very accurate but I take it – Aluminiferous

It shifts a text right, but not enough (an image overlaps the text). Also, as other custom view's solutions, it doesn't accept long text right. – Heteromorphic

Answer 8

This is my solution I wrote 3 years ago. Button has text and left icon and is in frame that is actual button here and can be stretched by fill_parent. I cannot test it again but it was working back then. Probably Button don't have to be used and can be replaced by TextView but I will not test it right now and it doesn't change functionality too much here.

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/login_button_login"
    android:background="@drawable/apptheme_btn_default_holo_dark"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_height="40dp">
    <Button
        android:clickable="false"
        android:drawablePadding="15dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        style="@style/WhiteText.Small.Bold"
        android:drawableLeft="@drawable/lock"
        android:background="@color/transparent"
        android:text="LOGIN" />
</FrameLayout>

Donnelldonnelly

Answer 9

Try to use this library

OmegaCenterIconButton

Rufe

Answer 10

I know this question is a bit older, but perhaps you're still open for hints or workarounds:

Create a RelativeLayout "wrap_content" with the button image as the background or the button itself as the first element of the layout. Get a LinearLayout and set it to "layout_centerInParent" and "wrap_content". Then set your Drawable as an Imageview. At last set a TextView with your text (locale).

so basically you have this structure:

RelativeLayout
  Button
    LinearLayout
      ImageView
      TextView

or like this:

RelativeLayout with "android-specific" button image as background
  LinearLayout
    ImageView
    TextView

I know with this solution there are many elements to deal with, but you can create very easy your own custom button with it and also set the exact position of text and drawables :)

Praetorian

This approach can work well. In my case, all I needed was a RelativeLayout containing a TextView. The RelativeLayout got the background, the TextView gets the drawableLeft icon. Then in the code: attach onClickListener to the RelativeLayout and findViewById for the TextView separately if needed – Petes

First suggested structure gives "Button cannot be cast to ViewGroup" Exception. – Bluebottle

Answer 11

My way of solving it involved surrounding the the button with lightweight <View ../> elements that resize dynamically. Below are several examples of what can be achieved with this:

Note that the clickable area of the buttons in example 3 is the same as in 2 (i.e. with spaces), which is different from example 4 where there are no "unclickable" gaps in between.

Code:

<?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">
    <TextView
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:text="Example 1: Button with a background color:"/>
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="20dp"
            android:paddingEnd="20dp"
            android:layout_weight="0.3"/>
        <!-- Play around with the above 3 values to modify the clickable 
             area and image alignment with respect to text -->
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
    </LinearLayout>

    <TextView
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:text="Example 2: Button group + transparent layout + spacers:"/>
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
    </LinearLayout>

    <TextView
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:text="Example 3: Button group + colored layout:"/>
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:color/darker_gray">
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <View
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
    </LinearLayout>

    <TextView
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:text="Example 4 (reference): Button group + no spacers:"/>
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@android:color/darker_gray">
        <Button
            style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
        <Button
            style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:drawableStart="@android:drawable/ic_secure"
            android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
            android:paddingStart="10dp"
            android:paddingEnd="10dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>   
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Pedestal

Answer 12

You can create a custom widget:

The Java class IButton:

public class IButton extends RelativeLayout {

private RelativeLayout layout;
private ImageView image;
private TextView text;

public IButton(Context context) {
    this(context, null);
}

public IButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    this(context, attrs, 0);
}

public IButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);

    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context
            .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.ibutton, this, true);

    layout = (RelativeLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.btn_layout);

    image = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.btn_icon);
    text = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.btn_text);

    if (attrs != null) {
        TypedArray attributes = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs,R.styleable.IButtonStyle);

        Drawable drawable = attributes.getDrawable(R.styleable.IButtonStyle_button_icon);
        if(drawable != null) {
            image.setImageDrawable(drawable);
        }

        String str = attributes.getString(R.styleable.IButtonStyle_button_text);
        text.setText(str);

        attributes.recycle();
    }

}

@Override
public void setOnClickListener(final OnClickListener l) {
    super.setOnClickListener(l);
    layout.setOnClickListener(l);
}

public void setDrawable(int resId) {
    image.setImageResource(resId);
}

}

The layout ibutton.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/btn_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:clickable="true" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/btn_icon"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/btn_text"
    android:duplicateParentState="true" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/btn_text"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:duplicateParentState="true"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:textColor="#000000" />
</RelativeLayout>

In order to use this custom widget:

<com.test.android.widgets.IButton
     android:id="@+id/new"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"         
     android:layout_height="@dimen/button_height"
     ibutton:button_text="@string/btn_new"
     ibutton:button_icon="@drawable/ic_action_new" />

You have to provide the namespace for the custom attributes xmlns:ibutton="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.test.android.xxx" where com.test.android.xxx is the root package of the application.

Just put it below xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android".

The last thing you gonna need are the custom attributes in the attrs.xml.

In the attrs.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <declare-styleable name="IButtonStyle">
        <attr name="button_text" />
        <attr name="button_icon" format="integer" />
    </declare-styleable>

    <attr name="button_text" />

</resources>

For better positioning, wrap the custom Button inside a LinearLayout, if you want to avoid potential problems with RelativeLayout positionings.

Enjoy!

Almost

Answer 13

Had similar issue but wanted to have center drawable with no text and no wrapped layouts. Solution was to create custom button and add one more drawable in addition to LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM. One can easily modify drawable placement and have it in desired position relative to text.

CenterDrawableButton.java

public class CenterDrawableButton extends Button {
    private Drawable mDrawableCenter;

    public CenterDrawableButton(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init(context, null);
    }

    public CenterDrawableButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context, attrs);
    }

    public CenterDrawableButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        init(context, attrs);
    }

    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
    public CenterDrawableButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr, int defStyleRes) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr, defStyleRes);
        init(context, attrs);
    }


    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){
        //if (isInEditMode()) return;
        if(attrs!=null){
            TypedArray a = context.getTheme().obtainStyledAttributes(
                    attrs, R.styleable.CenterDrawableButton, 0, 0);

            try {
                setCenterDrawable(a.getDrawable(R.styleable.CenterDrawableButton_drawableCenter));

            } finally {
                a.recycle();
            }

        }
    }

    public void setCenterDrawable(int center) {
        if(center==0){
            setCenterDrawable(null);
        }else
        setCenterDrawable(getContext().getResources().getDrawable(center));
    }
    public void setCenterDrawable(@Nullable Drawable center) {
        int[] state;
        state = getDrawableState();
        if (center != null) {
            center.setState(state);
            center.setBounds(0, 0, center.getIntrinsicWidth(), center.getIntrinsicHeight());
            center.setCallback(this);
        }
        mDrawableCenter = center;
        invalidate();
        requestLayout();
    }
    @Override
    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
        super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
        if(mDrawableCenter!=null) {
            setMeasuredDimension(Math.max(getMeasuredWidth(), mDrawableCenter.getIntrinsicWidth()),
                    Math.max(getMeasuredHeight(), mDrawableCenter.getIntrinsicHeight()));
        }
    }
    @Override
    protected void drawableStateChanged() {
        super.drawableStateChanged();
        if (mDrawableCenter != null) {
            int[] state = getDrawableState();
            mDrawableCenter.setState(state);
            mDrawableCenter.setBounds(0, 0, mDrawableCenter.getIntrinsicWidth(),
                    mDrawableCenter.getIntrinsicHeight());
        }
        invalidate();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(@NonNull Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);

        if (mDrawableCenter != null) {
            Rect rect = mDrawableCenter.getBounds();
            canvas.save();
            canvas.translate(getWidth() / 2 - rect.right / 2, getHeight() / 2 - rect.bottom / 2);
            mDrawableCenter.draw(canvas);
            canvas.restore();
        }
    }
}

attrs.xml

<resources>
    <attr name="drawableCenter" format="reference"/>
    <declare-styleable name="CenterDrawableButton">
        <attr name="drawableCenter"/>
    </declare-styleable>
</resources>

usage

<com.virtoos.android.view.custom.CenterDrawableButton
            android:id="@id/centerDrawableButton"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            app:drawableCenter="@android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"/>

Fenny

would u please help me in this question, #35913039, with your answer i am very close to it but two drawables appears – Costplus

This solution places drawable in the center of a button, just over centered text. – Heteromorphic

Answer 14

What happens if you try android:gravity="center_horizontal"?

Orpine

It doesn't work. The text is somewhat centered but the drawableLeft sticks to the left side. – Pentagrid

Answer 15

<style name="captionOnly">
    <item name="android:background">@null</item>
    <item name="android:clickable">false</item>
    <item name="android:focusable">false</item>
    <item name="android:minHeight">0dp</item>
    <item name="android:minWidth">0dp</item>
</style>

<FrameLayout
   style="?android:attr/buttonStyle"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <Button
       style="@style/captionOnly"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:layout_gravity="center"
       android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_delete"
       android:gravity="center"
       android:text="Button Challenge" />
</FrameLayout>

Put the FrameLayout in LinearLayout and set orientation to Horizontal.

Chud

Answer 16

You could put the button over a LinearLayout

<RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="@dimen/activity_login_fb_height"
        android:background="@mipmap/bg_btn_fb">
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:gravity="center">
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/lblLoginFb"
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:drawableLeft="@mipmap/icon_fb"
                android:textSize="@dimen/activity_login_fb_textSize"
                android:text="Login with Facebook"
                android:gravity="center" />
        </LinearLayout>
        <Button
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:id="@+id/btnLoginFb"
            android:background="@color/transparent"
            />
    </RelativeLayout>

Forestaysail

Answer 17

I think android:gravity= "centre" should work

Grimm

Doesn't work for me. It centers the text, but the drawableLeft remains on the very left. – Pentagrid

You have to declare the icon and text under the same parent, use android:gravity = "centre" for the parent – Grimm

Answer 18

As suggested by Rodja, prior to 4.0 there isn't a direct way to center the text with the drawable. And indeed setting a padding_left value does move the drawable away from the border. Therefore my suggestion is that on runtime you calculate exactly how many pixels from the left border your drawable needs to be and then pass it using setPadding Your calculation may be something like

int paddingLeft = (button.getWidth() - drawableWidth - textWidth) / 2;

The width of your drawable's is fixed and you can look it up and you can also calculate or guess the text width.

Finally, you would need to multiple the padding value by the screen density, which you can do using DisplayMetrics

Cottier

Answer 19

public class DrawableCenterTextView extends TextView {

public DrawableCenterTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs,
        int defStyle) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}

public DrawableCenterTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
}

public DrawableCenterTextView(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    Drawable[] drawables = getCompoundDrawables();
    if (drawables != null) {
        Drawable drawableLeft = drawables[0];
        Drawable drawableRight = drawables[2];
        if (drawableLeft != null || drawableRight != null) {
            float textWidth = getPaint().measureText(getText().toString());
            int drawablePadding = getCompoundDrawablePadding();
            int drawableWidth = 0;
            if (drawableLeft != null)
                drawableWidth = drawableLeft.getIntrinsicWidth();
            else if (drawableRight != null) {
                drawableWidth = drawableRight.getIntrinsicWidth();
            }
            float bodyWidth = textWidth + drawableWidth + drawablePadding;
            canvas.translate((getWidth() - bodyWidth) / 2, 0);
        }
    }
    super.onDraw(canvas);
}

}

Dene

This didn't work for me at all. Can you please show an example? Maybe I don't use it correctly – Chamkis

Answer 20

Dirty fix.

android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:drawableTop="@drawable/ic_src"

Figuring right padding solve the purpose. However, for varied screen, use different padding and put that in dimens resource in respective value folder.

Larrainelarrie

Answer 21

Use RelativeLayout (container) and android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" ,my sample:

                <RelativeLayout
                    android:layout_width="0dp"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:layout_weight="1" >

                    <CheckBox
                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                        android:layout_height="match_parent"
                        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                        android:layout_gravity="center"
                        android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
                        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                        android:button="@drawable/bg_fav_detail"
                        android:drawablePadding="5dp"
                        android:text=" Favorite" />
                </RelativeLayout>

Hemicrania

Answer 22

Other possibility to keep Button theme.

<Button
            android:id="@+id/pf_bt_edit"
            android:layout_height="@dimen/standard_height"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            />

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_alignBottom="@id/pf_bt_edit"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@id/pf_bt_edit"
            android:layout_alignRight="@id/pf_bt_edit"
            android:layout_alignTop="@id/pf_bt_edit"
            android:layout_margin="@dimen/margin_10"
            android:clickable="false"
            android:elevation="20dp"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            >

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                android:clickable="false"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_edit_white_48dp"/>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/pf_tv_edit"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/margin_5"
                android:clickable="false"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:text="@string/pf_bt_edit"/>

        </LinearLayout>

With this solution if your add @color/your_color @color/your_highlight_color in your activity theme, you can have Matherial theme on Lollipop whith shadow and ripple, and for previous version flat button with your color and highlight coor when you press it.

Moreover, with this solution autoresize of picture

Result : First on Lollipop device Second : On pre lollipop device 3th : Pre lollipop device press button

Impoverish

Answer 23

I have centered textView with icon using paddingLeft and and aligning textView to left|centerVertical. and for a small gap between view and icon i used drawablePadding

         <Button
            android:id="@+id/have_it_main"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/textbox"
            android:drawableLeft="@drawable/have_it"
            android:drawablePadding="30dp"
            android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
            android:paddingLeft="60dp"
            android:text="Owner Contact"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white" />

Wiggs

This will not work on many screens, only on the one, for which android:paddingLeft worked. – Set

Answer 24

This may be an old/closed thread but I've search everywhere didnt find something useful, until I decided to create my own solution. If theres anyone here trying to look for answer try this one, might save you a minute of thinking

          <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/llContainer"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@drawable/selector"
            android:clickable="true"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:textStyle="bold">

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:text="This is a text" />

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/icon_image />


        </LinearLayout>

Because Linear layout act as the container and the one who has the selector, when you click the entire linear layout it would look just how it should it be. if you want it to be both centered, use relative insteaf. If you want it centered horizontally change the orientation to horizontal.

Take note DO NOT forget to add android:clickable="true" to your main container (relative or linear) for the action to take place.

Again this may be old thread but may still help someone there.

-cheers hope it helps- happycodings.

Rutkowski

Answer 25

If you use one of custom view's solutions, be careful, because they often fail on long or multiline text. I rewrote some answers, replaced onDraw() and understood that that was a wrong way.

Heteromorphic

Answer 26

I have seen solutions for aligning drawable at start/left but nothing for drawable end/right, so I came up with this solution. It uses dynamically calculated paddings for aligning drawable and text on both left and right side.

class IconButton @JvmOverloads constructor(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
    defStyle: Int = R.attr.buttonStyle
) : AppCompatButton(context, attrs, defStyle) {

    init {
        maxLines = 1
    }

    override fun onDraw(canvas: Canvas) {
        val buttonContentWidth = (width - paddingLeft - paddingRight).toFloat()

        val textWidth = paint.measureText(text.toString())

        val drawable = compoundDrawables[0] ?: compoundDrawables[2]
        val drawableWidth = drawable?.intrinsicWidth ?: 0
        val drawablePadding = if (textWidth > 0 && drawable != null) compoundDrawablePadding else 0
        val bodyWidth = textWidth + drawableWidth.toFloat() + drawablePadding.toFloat()

        canvas.save()

        val padding = (buttonContentWidth - bodyWidth).toInt() / 2
        val leftOrRight = if (compoundDrawables[0] != null) 1 else -1
        setPadding(leftOrRight * padding, 0, -leftOrRight * padding, 0)

        super.onDraw(canvas)
        canvas.restore()
    }
}

It is important to set gravity in your layout to either "center_vertical|start" or "center_vertical|end" depending on where do you set the icon. For example:

<com.stackoverflow.util.IconButton
        android:id="@+id/cancel_btn"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:drawableStart="@drawable/cancel"
        android:drawablePadding="@dimen/padding_small"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|start"
        android:text="Cancel" />

Only problem with this implementation is that button can only have single line of text, otherwise the area of the text fills the button and paddings will be 0.

Apprentice

Answer 27

Try this you will find what you are looking for,

 <Button
   android:id="@+id/button_my_profile"
   style="@style/whiteTextBlackButtonStyle.size18"
   android:layout_width="0dp"
   android:layout_weight="1"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:gravity="center"
   android:drawableTop="@drawable/ic_more_profile"
   android:drawablePadding="8dp"
   android:paddingStart="16dp"
   android:text="@string/title_my_profile"
   android:textAllCaps="false"
   tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="24dp" />

Bitty

Answer 28

Consider ImageButton.

The attribute android:src can be used to set a drawable that is centred in the Button.

<ImageButton
    android:src="@drawable/your_drawable"
    ...
/>

Southport

Answer 29

use this android:background="@drawable/ic_play_arrow_black_24dp"

just set the background to the icon you want to center

Objectivism