How to set height and width of compound drawable textview in xml?

Question

I can't see any tag to set width

Here I set textview height, if I set width it will not work properly.

<TextView
   android:id="@+id/nome"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
   android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_launcher"
   android:height="50dp" />

How can I set this in xml? Is it possible?

What exactly is your question? What is not working? What errors are you getting? ect — 0gravity, Aug 08 '12 at 23:15
You can achieve this by creating the right size images for each dimension. For mdpi you should use 50px by 50px, for hdpi you should use 75px by 75px, or xhdpi you should use 100px by 100px. The TextView will use the intrinsic size of these images. — Matt Accola, Feb 07 '13 at 17:20
This question should not be closed , the question is VERY clear and one of the top search results on the topic. Stack really needs some better admins — ChuckKelly, May 04 '14 at 03:26
@ChuckKelly It is possible to do it with custom view. It is additional code, but only once. See my comment - http://stackoverflow.com/a/31916731/2308720 — Oleksandr, Aug 10 '15 at 10:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '12 at 23:31

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You can try something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >


<TextView
    android:id="@+id/Home"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="50dp"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:text="Something"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF" />

<ImageView 
    android:src="@drawable/icon" 
    android:layout_width="50dp"
    android:layout_height="50dp"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/Home"/>

</RelativeLayout>

This way I think you would have more control of your image. Hope that helps.

answered Aug 08 '12 at 23:31

0gravity

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YES, i was doing like this, but eclipse said not to do this. thank you I will forget eclipse warnings – Rafael Oliveira Aug 08 '12 at 23:36
That is weird. Yea no problem. – 0gravity Aug 08 '12 at 23:38
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Well the whole point of compound drawables is to avoid using an entire layout like this. – Iman Akbari Oct 15 '16 at 14:48

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 29 '16 at 07:23

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try setting to android:width="50dip" and see what you get. dip is device independent pixels. You should be able to see in eclipse in design view. You cannot just set to "300"

edited Dec 29 '16 at 07:23

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answered Aug 08 '12 at 23:23

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If i set width the text will not appear.. because it set the width of the textview – Rafael Oliveira Aug 08 '12 at 23:26
I see so you want it to wrap? – Code Droid Aug 08 '12 at 23:27
Actually what you need to do is just create an image button and place it to the left. – Code Droid Aug 08 '12 at 23:28
So just create another LinearLayout set to horizontal orientation and place the ImageView to the left. – Code Droid Aug 08 '12 at 23:29
Or actually I think you might be able to pass the ImageView as the drawable left. Note sure about that however. – Code Droid Aug 08 '12 at 23:29
I was using an imageview and a textview, and it works perfectly. But eclipse said to use the drawable in the textview. – Rafael Oliveira Aug 08 '12 at 23:30
I thought it will work better, maybe android team forgot to introduce the tags for the drawable – Rafael Oliveira Aug 08 '12 at 23:32
Here is a link about how to use it. http://izvornikod.com/Blog/tabid/82/EntryId/8/Creating-Android-button-with-image-and-text-using-relative-layout.aspx – Code Droid Aug 08 '12 at 23:32
Never mind eclipse its loco. Just get rid of the drawableLeft. – Code Droid Aug 08 '12 at 23:33

How to set height and width of compound drawable textview in xml?

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