How to set Top padding for image of a dynamic button with image and text

Question

I have looked at various questions on this but, couldn't get them work.

I have a button, with a background, image on top and text at the bottom. The button is dynamic and hence NO XML is available.

Code for the dynamic button:

            final Button image = new Button(this);
            image.setTag(i);
            image.setText(buttonsList[i].toUpperCase());
            image.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
            image.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.dark_grey));

            if (i == Const.MainIndex.FESTIVAL_OUTLOOK_INDEX) {

                try {
                    XmlResourceParser parser = getResources().getXml(
                            R.color.text_color_green);
                    ColorStateList colors = ColorStateList.createFromXml(
                            getResources(), parser);
                    image.setTextColor(colors);
                } catch (Exception e) {

                }

                //setting this value to -ve decreases the 
                            //gap between the image and text
                image.setCompoundDrawablePadding(-100);
                image.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(
                        null,
                        getResources().getDrawable(
                                R.drawable.sidemenu_image_festout), null, null);




                image.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.button_background_green);
            }

Here is how the image looks now..

enter image description here

I want to set padding on TOP of the image. So that the image doesn't look to close to the border of the button. How can I achieve this?

I have tried setting image.setPadding(0,10,0,0) but no effect.

Maybe you should make a conversion to dp, this question might help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9685658 — Blo, Mar 03 '14 at 08:13
did you figure it out? I think it cannot be done by creating a button. Create a dynamic layout either Linear or Relative and handle the clicks like a button — Yasir, Jun 16 '14 at 04:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 08:11

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LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
lp.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
imageView.setLayoutParams(lp);

use this

answered Mar 03 '14 at 08:11

Renjith Krishnan

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Its a dynamic button, how do I get the LayoutParams? – Vamsi Challa Mar 03 '14 at 08:17

How to set Top padding for image of a dynamic button with image and text

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