How to set property "android:drawableTop" of a button at runtime

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How to set property "android:drawableTop" of a button at runtime

score 144 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:45

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Use

button.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(left, top, right, 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.

If you use

button.setCompoundDrawables(left, top, right, bottom);

Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text. Use null if you do not want a Drawable there. The Drawables must already have had setBounds(Rect) called.

answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:45

Tanmay Mandal

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The method is very much correct but I want to set Resource id in place of drawable. Is there any way to do the same. – Maneesh Feb 07 '11 at 09:46
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Yes.Use Resources resources= getResources(); Drawable drawable= resources.getDrawable(id); – Tanmay Mandal Feb 07 '11 at 09:52
Tanmay, I'm trying to do this too and I'm still not sure how to set drawableTop using the code. I see how to get a drawable, but how to set it on the button? – Otto Mar 01 '11 at 19:36
Is there a reason why this would not work in the ExpandableListView Group name ? This was the trick I wanted to use to put the group indicator on the right instead of the left. – OlivierM Oct 22 '12 at 16:38
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Thanks just to clarify I used. b.setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(0,R.drawable.x,0,0); – Ryan Heitner Jan 08 '13 at 14:23
getDrawable() is now deprecated – blackwolf Jul 23 '15 at 10:48

score 56 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 02 '14 at 08:04

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Drawable top = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.image);
button.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(null, top , null, null);

answered Jan 02 '14 at 08:04

Kirit Vaghela

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score 23 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '12 at 09:24

final Drawable drawableTop = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.btn_check_buttonless_on);

btnByCust.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {


 btnByCust.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(null, drawableTop , null, null);

        }
    });

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:35

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        Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
        button.setCompoundDrawables(left, top, right, bottom);

answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:35

iamtheexp01

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The method is very much correct but I want to set Resource id in place of drawable. Is there any way to do the same. – Maneesh Feb 07 '11 at 09:44
@Maneesh Check [documentation](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(int,%20int,%20int,%20int)) for the method – Bonatti Oct 02 '18 at 12:47

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 19 '12 at 17:00

I use this code for use the "Theme.Holo" button with a "Custom image" at left and change it (the image)with a function that is called from various ways.

protected void app_dibujarLogojuego() {
    if(bitmaplogojuego!=null){
        bitmaplogojuego.recycle();
        bitmaplogojuego=null;
    }
    Drawable LOGO = null;
    if(verjuego.equals("COSA1")){  LOGO = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.img_logo_COSA1);  }
    if(verjuego.equals("COSA2")){  LOGO = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.img_logo_COSA2);  }
    if(verjuego.equals("COSA3")){  LOGO = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.img_logo_COSA3);  }
    if(verjuego.equals("COSA4")){  LOGO = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.img_logo_COSA4);  }

    BUTTON_DECLARED_ID.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(LOGO, null , null, null);
}

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 19 '13 at 03:59

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 btn.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.your_image_name_here);

edited Jun 19 '13 at 03:59

Radim Köhler

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answered Jun 19 '13 at 03:36

Nikita Yo LAHOLA

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 18 '18 at 02:28

If you are using Kotlin, you can use extension method to make things look elegant.

fun TextView.setDrawableTop(iconId: Int) {
    val icon = this.context?.resources?.getDrawable(iconId)
    this.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(null, icon, null, null)
}

Then you can use it like this:

// myTextView: TextView
myTextView.setDrawableTop(R.drawable.ic_happy)

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Aug 16 '19 at 20:35

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Create an extension function like this and set top drawable like this

tvAccepted.setTopDrawable(R.drawable.ic_preparing_order_active)

fun TextView.setTopDrawable(icon: Int) {
    this.setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(0,icon,0,0)
}

where

setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(left/start, top, right/end, bottom)

edited Aug 16 '19 at 20:35

HalR

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answered Jun 09 '19 at 05:09

Aklesh Singh

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