Android: How to adjust Margin/Padding in Preference?

Question

Before I asked to remove the padding of the PreferenceActivity/PreferenceFragment:

Android: How to maximize PreferenceFragment width (or get rid of margin)?

This time I having trouble adjusting margin/padding before Title Text. (See image below).

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Does anybody have any idea?

hi @jclova, I am facing with same issue,and I don't want to go through custom layout for check boxes. How did you got rid of this problem. — Dory, Aug 29 '13 at 11:01
I suspect, what you see as the left-side padding is an "empty" `android:icon`. You should possibly provide your own drawable with as little dimensions as you wish and see if it helps. — Stan, Nov 02 '13 at 20:38
Similar question answered here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18509369/android-how-to-get-remove-margin-padding-in-preference-screen — Vivek, Nov 06 '18 at 09:19

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '12 at 06:53

You could customize you checkbox like this: MyPreference.xml

<CheckBoxPreference android:key="testcheckbox" 
    android:title="Checkbox Title" 
    android:summary="Checkbox Summary..." 
    android:layout="@layout/custom_checkbox_preference_layout">
</CheckBoxPreference>

and custom_checkbox_preference_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:paddingLeft="16dip"
    android:paddingRight="?android:attr/scrollbarSize">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:minWidth="0dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="horizontal">
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+android:id/icon"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            />
    </LinearLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginRight="6dip"
        android:layout_marginTop="6dip"
        android:layout_marginBottom="6dip"
        android:layout_weight="1">

        <TextView android:id="@+android:id/title"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
            android:ellipsize="marquee"
            android:fadingEdge="horizontal" />

        <TextView android:id="@+android:id/summary"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@android:id/title"
            android:layout_alignLeft="@android:id/title"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
            android:textColor="?android:attr/textColorSecondary"
            android:maxLines="4" />

    </RelativeLayout>

    <!-- Preference should place its actual preference widget here. -->
    <LinearLayout android:id="@+android:id/widget_frame"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:orientation="vertical" />

</LinearLayout>

the point is android:minWidth="0dp".

hello sir i am using custom layout for CheckBoxPreference. but my problem is linear layout with id "@+android:id/widget_frame" is having some padding in its left and right. how to remove it.Thanks in Advance. — Hradesh Kumar, Apr 09 '14 at 12:53

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '14 at 15:01

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For anyone facing this issue and don't want to go through custom layout. I'd like to note that adding:

android:icon="@null"

solved my problem with the left-side empty space.

<PreferenceScreen android:icon="@null" android:title="Your title" android:summary="Your summary" />

answered Mar 28 '14 at 15:01

Perfect solution! Should be #1. – romaneso Nov 07 '18 at 21:00
3

If using `androidx.preference:preference:1.0.0` or higher, it doesn't work. – Joonsoo Nov 12 '18 at 21:23
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use`app:iconSpaceReserved="false"` for each preference – coder Mar 17 '21 at 07:13

Ishaan Kumar · Answer 3 · 2020-02-17T10:14:06.970

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As of 16 Feb 2020, This space is meant for icon. To get rid of this space use:

JAVA

    preference.setIconSpaceReserved(false);

XML

<androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

<Preference
    ...
    app:iconSpaceReserved="true/false"
    .../>

</androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen>

True adds the padding. False removes it.

PS: Dependency used

implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.1.0'

edited Feb 17 '20 at 10:14

answered Feb 16 '20 at 12:29

Ishaan Kumar

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Worked using this dependency as well: `com.android.support:preference-v7:28.0.0` – Rodgers Andati Feb 24 '20 at 11:35
Preference in support library is now deprecated. Use androidx – Ishaan Kumar Feb 24 '20 at 14:24
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@VictorOkech ;) – Ishaan Kumar Dec 22 '20 at 20:57

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 12 '14 at 09:19

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The custom_checkbox_preference_layout.xml described by user1482130 work also without modifications for other types of preferences such as listpreferences ! Very usefull

android:layout="@layout/custom_checkbox_preference_layout">

answered Oct 12 '14 at 09:19

André DLC

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 12 '16 at 13:20

If you are creating preferences dynamically pass ContextThemeWrapper as a parameter to the new Preference

TypedValue themeTypedValue = new TypedValue();
getActivity().getTheme().resolveAttribute(R.attr.preferenceTheme, themeTypedValue, true);
ContextThemeWrapper contextThemeWrapper = new ContextThemeWrapper(getActivity(), themeTypedValue.resourceId);
Preference preference = new Preference(contextThemeWrapper);

I have found it in this article: Dynamically creating Preference Screens on Android

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