How to put space between switch button and its text in android?

Question

I have the following element:

<Switch
    android:text="Data about client?"
    android:id="@+id/connected" />

But on designer the switch button and its text "Data about client?" are very glued together. I tried putting space between ? and " like that :

android:text="Data about client?    "

But I don't like that type of solution very much

Periklis Vai · Answer 1 · 2020-04-22T17:38:45.667

114

I had the same issue, but for me the accepted answer of Sravan Sriram did not solve the problem.

What worked for me was the tag

android:switchPadding = "10dp"

Minimum space between the switch and caption text. docs

edited Apr 22 '20 at 17:38

answered Mar 08 '18 at 23:43

Periklis Vai

14

`app:switchPadding="10dp"` worked for me for `SwitchCompat` – Hilal Apr 02 '19 at 13:31

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 25 '19 at 08:29

15

Sure, kindly use this

android:switchPadding="5dp"

edited Jun 25 '19 at 08:29

adiga

answered Jun 25 '19 at 08:17

Ashwin Balani

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '21 at 06:05

6

If you are using androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat then use app:switchPadding="8dp". This is work for me

answered Apr 12 '21 at 06:05

Dhaval Baldha

2

And that's true for `com.google.android.material.switchmaterial.SwitchMaterial` – Gregory Sep 12 '21 at 23:03

score -8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

-8

In This pic

Use tag "android:thumbTextPadding"

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

answered Dec 22 '17 at 13:03

Sravan Sriram

20

This is not the correct answer. [This](https://stackoverflow.com/a/49184365/4334743) is actually correct. – AneesAhmed777 Apr 13 '18 at 15:04

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