Remove unwanted padding around the background image from a button

Question

This is the code used to generate the button

Button delBtn = new Button(activity);
LayoutParams params = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
delBtn.setLayoutParams(params); 
delBtn.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0,0,R.drawable.ic_action_cancel, 0);
delBtn.setBackgroundColor(Color.rgb(208, 0, 0));

Result Looks like this:

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Whereas I expect:

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What is it that I missed?

Does R.drawable.ic_action_cancel image have any padding or background? — ShineDown, Feb 27 '14 at 08:20
Use TextView instand of Button. Button has default padding. we can not change it. — Mansi, Feb 27 '14 at 08:21
@ShineDown ic_action_cancel is standard resource from android. It is transparent and I think the padding it has is not this big — ranjjose, Feb 27 '14 at 08:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 08:24

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You can use Imageview for this purpose as button has some padding value. And if the image has a background, you can make it transparent by:

imageButton.setBackgroundColor(android.R.color.transparent);

answered Feb 27 '14 at 08:24

Sushil

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I had tried ImageButton; Will try once more. Thanks – ranjjose Feb 27 '14 at 08:24
Is it wrap_content that is causing problem for you. Can you try giving some value for width? – Sushil Feb 27 '14 at 08:25
Hardcoding a width may not scale. Anyway, when I tried I found the padding keeps coming back. – ranjjose Feb 27 '14 at 08:29
Then try using ImageView – Sushil Feb 27 '14 at 08:29
Infact, a simple TextView, as suggested by @Mansi did the trick. Thanks – ranjjose Feb 27 '14 at 08:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 09:35

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You can try this:

Try Using ImagView instead of Button.
Set your image in "src" attribute.
Set background null/transperant.

answered Feb 27 '14 at 09:35

Sagar Shah

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '14 at 11:53

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As, suggested by Mansi (as comment, above), a simple TextView did the work!

answered Feb 27 '14 at 11:53

ranjjose

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Remove unwanted padding around the background image from a button

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