How to programmatically set drawableRight on Android Edittext?

Question

I know about set drawableRight in XML. but i required to do it programmatically because it is change as per some condition.

Use **setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds()** for EditText. — Piyush, Mar 10 '14 at 10:09

score 291 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 04 '19 at 11:13

291

You can use the function below:

editText.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, R.drawable.drawableRight, 0);

or (if you want to pass the drawable itself instead of its ID)

editText.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(null, null, ContextCompat.getDrawable(context,R.drawable.drawableRight), null)

The order of params corresponding to the drawable location is: left, top, right, bottom

edited Nov 04 '19 at 11:13

Nicola Gallazzi

7,897
6
45
64

answered Mar 10 '14 at 10:05

Lawrence Choy

6,088
1
20
30

1

how can I assign an ID to that drawable ? basically I want to add a touch listener to that specific drawable – Thorvald Dec 08 '16 at 04:01
@Lawrence Choy hi sir,how to check Image is already exit or not.Please help me in this case,And how to change image color. – Gowthaman M Jul 24 '17 at 07:38

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 18 '15 at 22:37

10

Find Further here

EditText myEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myEdit);
myEdit.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, R.drawable.icon, 0);  
// where params are (left,top,right,bottom)

You can also set drawable padding programmatically:

myEdit.setCompoundDrawablePadding("Padding value");

edited Mar 18 '15 at 22:37

androidevil

9,011
14
41
79

answered Mar 10 '14 at 10:06

Rethinavel

3,912
7
28
49

hi sir,how to check Image is already exit or not.Please help me in this case,And how to change image color – Gowthaman M Jul 24 '17 at 07:38

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 28 '14 at 12:47

4

Try like below:

Drawable img = getContext().getResources().getDrawable( R.drawable.smiley );
EdtText.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds( 0, 0, img, 0);

Edit :

 int img = R.drawable.smiley;
 EdtText.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds( 0, 0, img, 0);

edited Nov 28 '14 at 12:47

KOTIOS

11,177
3
39
66

answered Mar 10 '14 at 10:06

Sagar Maiyad

12,655
9
63
99

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 28 '17 at 00:47

4

Try:

EditText editFirstname = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.edit_fname);
Drawable icUser = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_user);
editFirstname.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(null, null, icUser, null);

Then you can add a touch listener to that specific drawable.

edited Jan 28 '17 at 00:47

Rafael Costa

1,291
2
13
30

answered Jan 27 '17 at 20:42

misbahm3

101
5

abir-cse · Answer 5 · 2018-02-10T21:52:04.973

3

For changing left and right both at a time I use this single line.

download.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds( R.drawable.ic_lock_open_white_24dp, 0, R.drawable.ic_lock_open_white_24dp, 0);

edited Feb 10 '18 at 21:52

answered Feb 10 '18 at 21:33

abir-cse

507
3
12

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 18 '15 at 22:38

2

int img = R.drawable.smiley;
editText.setCompoundDrawables( null, null, img, null );

Explained here

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)

Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text. Use 0 if you do not want a Drawable there. The Drawables' bounds will be set to their intrinsic bounds.

edited Mar 18 '15 at 22:38

androidevil

9,011
14
41
79

answered Mar 10 '14 at 10:09

Renjith Krishnan

2,446
5
29
53

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 01 '17 at 07:11

        et_feedback.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
                if (hasFocus) {

                }
              et_feedback.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0,R.mipmap.feedback_new, 0, 0);                
               et_feedback.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);

            }
        });

Hide Drawable using this

et_feedback.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0,0, 0, 0);

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 24 '18 at 09:44

If it requires android graphics drawable then this will work

Drawable dw = getApplicationContext().getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.edit);
Button start = (Button)findViewById(R.id.buttonStart);
start.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(dw, null, null, null);

Paul Mathew · Answer 9 · 2017-07-21T10:09:21.567

1

You can use your editText view (here it is txview) built in function setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds() to do what you are looking for

in my code I Used it like this . txview.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0,0,R.drawable.ic_arrow_drop_up,0);

txview.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(left,top,right,bottom);

edited Jul 21 '17 at 10:09

answered Jul 21 '17 at 06:55

Paul Mathew

11
3

1

You should explain your code to help the OP why it answers his question. – Markus Jul 21 '17 at 07:00

How to programmatically set drawableRight on Android Edittext?

9 Answers9

Linked