How can I change the height of a EditText and a Button?

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I have this EditText and Button, and I have to reduce its height. I try with android:height="10px" but it doesn't work. Btw android:width="180px" works OK, then I don't know why I can't adjust the height.

Here is the code:

<EditText 
    android:id="@+id/Movile"
    android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/MovileLabel"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:width="180px"
    android:height="10px"/>

<Button
        android:id="@+id/inviteButton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/invite"
        android:width="100px"
        android:height="5px"
        android:layout_marginLeft="40dip"/>

possible duplicate of [How to make android EditText smaller than default in height?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1361332/how-to-make-android-edittext-smaller-than-default-in-height) — Jonas, Nov 10 '10 at 15:41
Have you tried setting `android:textSize` to the size of the text you want it to be? — Bryan Denny, Nov 10 '10 at 15:20

score 23 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 16 '14 at 12:51

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Instead of setting values to android:height="10px" use android:layout_height="10px"

 android:layout_width="180px"
 android:layout_height="10px"

edited Apr 16 '14 at 12:51

tomash

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answered Nov 10 '10 at 15:36

Labeeb Panampullan

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Did you edited in both of your EditText and Button? which is your parent layout? – Labeeb Panampullan Nov 10 '10 at 15:55

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '14 at 09:39

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use android:minHeight="120dp" attribute.

if need to increase height dynamically add android:layout_height="wrap_content"

answered Aug 27 '14 at 09:39

Janith

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score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 27 '12 at 10:17

You need to get rid of the "wrap_content" properties and just have the fixed width and height as so:

<EditText 
    android:id="@+id/Movile"
    android:layout_alignBaseline="@+id/MovileLabel"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_width="180px"
    android:layout_height="10px"/>

<Button
        android:id="@+id/inviteButton"
        android:text="@string/invite"
        android:layout_width="100px"
        android:layout_height="5px"
        android:layout_marginLeft="40dip"/>

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 10 '10 at 15:22

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You can't decrase size of TextEdit if the font is too big inside.

try android:textSize='6sp'

answered Nov 10 '10 at 15:22

yosh

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did u try above line along with android:layout_height="wrap_content" ? – yosh Nov 10 '10 at 16:08

How can I change the height of a EditText and a Button?

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