Calling setCompoundDrawables() doesn't display the Compound Drawable

Question

After I call the setCompoundDrawables method, the compound Drawable is not shown..

Drawable myDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.btn);
btn.setCompoundDrawables(myDrawable, null, null, null);

Any thoughts?

As stated in the answers below, the variant of the method named `(..)WithIntrinsicBounds` needs to be called. On a side note, `padding` for the Compound Drawable must be set **after** this call to cause an effect — Dr1Ku, Jun 27 '12 at 16:17
The [document](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCompoundDrawables%28android.graphics.drawable.Drawable,%20android.graphics.drawable.Drawable,%20android.graphics.drawable.Drawable,%20android.graphics.drawable.Drawable%29) says: *The Drawables must already have had [`setBounds(Rect)`](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.html#setBounds(android.graphics.Rect)) called.* — , Dec 15 '12 at 10:44
hi hunterp, just met you at coffee shop (Angel), now that I know you know what Android Drawables are (and perhaps you've hit memory out of error errors when working with many of them), I can tell you about some of the projects I've collaborated had to deal with this issue, check out https://github.com/JakeWharton/DiskLruCache (which I collaborated to make more android friendly) which is used by Picasso (https://github.com/square/picasso) — Gubatron, Aug 07 '13 at 19:33
Please see this link https://stackoverflow.com/a/71966649/12272687 — Mori, Apr 22 '22 at 09:43

score 704 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 04 '23 at 20:09

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I needed to be using setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds.

edited Mar 04 '23 at 20:09

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answered Jul 06 '11 at 16:24

hunterp

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thankyou very much .. this works for me.. may i know whats the difference between these two ? – Arundas K V Jun 06 '14 at 07:13
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@user1324936 The 'relative' version requires API 17, others can be used with previous versions – milosmns Mar 26 '15 at 14:47
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@user1324936 setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds was added in **API Level 3** – Greg Ennis Apr 01 '15 at 21:47
I was using setCompoundDrawableRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds <- this one was added on API 17. Be careful of the intellisense. – Neon Warge Dec 21 '16 at 14:42
its working thanks. what's the difference between them – Punithapriya Mar 10 '17 at 11:15
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SetcCompoundDrawable ducomentation: 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. setBounds() is not called on your drawables. – Mahendra Chhimwal Aug 08 '17 at 10:52

score 76 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 15 '16 at 07:55

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Use This (I tested). It works good

Drawable image = context.getResources().getDrawable( R.drawable.ic_action );
int h = image.getIntrinsicHeight(); 
int w = image.getIntrinsicWidth();   
image.setBounds( 0, 0, w, h );
button.setCompoundDrawables( image, null, null, null );

edited Jun 15 '16 at 07:55

mmBs

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answered Oct 19 '14 at 08:03

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This is useful when targeting APIs lower than 17, since `EditText#setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds` requires at least API 17. – Krøllebølle Feb 21 '16 at 12:49
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Can you provide a source for that? All the documentation I've seen indicates this has been [available since API 1](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html). – kurifu Oct 18 '16 at 22:58

score 52 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 07:20

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Image is blank because it hasn't got specified bounds. You may use setCompoundDrawables() but before you should specify image's bounds, using Drawable.setBounds() method

answered Feb 13 '12 at 07:20

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Best answer because you actually provide the reasoning as to why setBounds is important. – Andy Dec 10 '17 at 16:05
@Andy Exactly, hate these top answers with 800 votes that just copy pasted one code line without any words – Big_Chair Apr 14 '19 at 08:53

Andrew · Answer 4 · 2019-03-17T09:30:37.777

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Example set to the top:

view.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(
    null,
    getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.some_img),
    null,
    null
);

arguments order: (left, top, right, bottom)

edited Mar 17 '19 at 09:30

answered Sep 21 '16 at 15:22

Andrew

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this should be the accepted answer, in my case using button. and it workeds as expected!!! It also backward compatibility. – mochadwi Mar 17 '19 at 06:57

score 24 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 10 '15 at 16:44

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A little bit simpler again:

Drawable image = context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_action );
image.setBounds( 0, 0, image.getIntrinsicWidth(), image.getIntrinsicHeight() );
button.setCompoundDrawables( image, null, null, null );

answered Jul 10 '15 at 16:44

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score 20 · Answer 6 · answered May 08 '20 at 19:41

The Image is not shown as you didn't specify the bounds, so you have 2 options here.

1st Method

Use setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds method, as shown below

Drawable myDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.btn);
btn. setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(myDrawable, null, null, null);

2nd Method

You can apply bounds to the drawable before applying to the TextView, as shown below

Drawable myDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.btn);
myDrawable.setBounds( 0, 0, myDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), myDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
btn.setCompoundDrawables(myDrawable, null, null, null);

That's it.

Nice you actually included examples and the pre API 17 implementation which more directly addressed the setCompoundDrawables method. — Androidcoder, Jul 05 '22 at 15:08

score 11 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 15 '16 at 07:55

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It is deprecated in API 22.

This code is useful for me:

Drawable drawable = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(),R.drawable.wen, null);
drawable.setBounds(0, 0, drawable.getMinimumWidth(),
drawable.getMinimumHeight());
tv.setCompoundDrawables(drawable, null, null, null);

edited Jun 15 '16 at 07:55

mmBs

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answered Sep 05 '15 at 17:05

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score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 14 '18 at 15:48

In Kotlin:

1) Set drawable:

val drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context!!,R.drawable.ic_image)?.apply {
    setBounds(0, 0, intrinsicWidth, intrinsicHeight)
}

or

val drawable = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(resources, R.drawable.ic_image, null)?.apply {
    setBounds(0, 0, minimumWidth, minimumHeight)
}

2) Set TextView:

textView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(drawable, null, null, null)

or

button.setCompoundDrawables(null, drawable, null, null)

For Textview `setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds` will worked.. — Akash Bisariya, Feb 10 '20 at 13:53

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 27 '18 at 07:37

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For me setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(Drawable, Drawable, Drawable, Drawable) did not work.

I had to use setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, 0, 0).

answered Mar 27 '18 at 07:37

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What for? For removing a drawable? – CoolMind Dec 14 '18 at 15:40

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 08 '18 at 19:32

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Example with Kotlin:

    val myView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.my_view, null) as TextView
    myView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, myDrawable, 0, 0)

answered Jun 08 '18 at 19:32

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered May 24 '22 at 13:49

In Kotlin with Databinding

binding.tvTime.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(
            ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(resources, android.R.drawable.ic_menu_recent_history, null),
            null,null,null)

where tvTime is textView and Position (Rigth,Top,Left,Bottom), More about binding is here https://stackoverflow.com/a/72360048/12272687

Calling setCompoundDrawables() doesn't display the Compound Drawable

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