How to add an Icon to a Button in Android from Java?

Question

I want to add an icon to a Button that I created from Java, after hours I didn't find a solution yet...

I have something like this:

Button button = new Button(context);

And I'd like to have something like this:

button.setIcon(Icon myicon);

Is this possible? ;)

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '21 at 20:38

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You can use the MaterialButton:

MaterialButton button = new MaterialButton(this);
button.setIcon(ContextCompat.getDrawable(this,R.drawable.ic_add_24px));
button.setText("Button");

answered May 02 '21 at 20:38

Gabriele Mariotti

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Thank you very much! That's exactly what I was searching for! In fact I'm new to Android Studio and java, so I don't know all those classes of widgets yet... I should learn them ;) – Bat BRT May 03 '21 at 13:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '21 at 18:03

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If you want a Button with image then in XML you have ImageButton that have attribute of drawableLeft/drawableRight..etc. So you can set in from there. In java I think you can set in the same way by calling setResourceDrawable.

answered May 02 '21 at 18:03

Mohit Kumar

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '21 at 18:28

you could also setIcon an XML file, Please try this

 <Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Click Me"
    android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_icon" <!--also have drawableLeft:-->
    android:drawablePadding="20dp"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

How to add an Icon to a Button in Android from Java?

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