Android: how can I set margins of the view programmatically?

Question

here is the view, which I want to give bottom margin programmatically

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"<!--this thing want to do via java/kotlin code-->
/>

Possible duplicate of [In Android, how do I set margins in dp programmatically?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12728255/in-android-how-do-i-set-margins-in-dp-programmatically) — Gautam Chibde, Mar 09 '18 at 06:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '18 at 06:39

Yes, you can set margin programatically using

    ProgressBar view;
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = view.getLayoutParams();
    int marginInPx = convertDpToPx(20);
    params.setMargins(0,0,0,marginInPx);
    view.setLayoutParams(params);

    private int convertDpToPx(float dp){
       DisplayMetrics metrics = getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
       return (int)((int)dp * ((float)metrics.densityDpi / DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_DEFAULT));
    }

Glad I could help :) Happy Coding – Rajan Kali Mar 09 '18 at 06:58 — Rajan Kali, Mar 09 '18 at 06:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '18 at 06:36

RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layoutParams.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 20);
progressBar.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);

Note: The margin I added is in px you may need to convert it into dp programmatically.

Android: how can I set margins of the view programmatically?

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