Android: how to add Icon at the left side of the TextView

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I want to add icon at the left side of the textView.How can I do that?

have you searched for `android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_launcher"` — SilentKiller, Aug 13 '14 at 06:47

score 125 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 04 '18 at 04:40

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You can use:

android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_launcher"

and you can also put padding between drawable and textview by

android:drawablePadding="2dp"

If you always want an icon to appear before the text, it is recommended to use drawableStart instead of drawableLeft since many languages are not read left to right.

edited Dec 04 '18 at 04:40

ExcellentSP

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answered Aug 13 '14 at 06:59

krunal patel

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How to change color of the icon when adding it via `drawableLeft`? – gegobyte Oct 02 '18 at 16:55
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For API 17 and above Replace android:drawableLeft with android:drawableStart to support RTL – Pixbyte Sep 22 '19 at 11:19
how about if gravity text is center , the icon didnt change into center following the text ? – Yogi Arif Widodo Mar 31 '22 at 02:19

score 75 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 09 '17 at 09:48

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You can do this using this code.

TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myTxtView);
textView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.icon, 0, 0, 0);

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Ravindra Kushwaha

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answered Aug 13 '14 at 06:47

Robin Royal

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Thank You @Robin.It solved my problem – user3519555 Aug 13 '14 at 06:50
Is there a way to center it? – Alexey Shevelyov Dec 01 '16 at 01:56
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@AlexeyShevelyov To center the text, you can use `android:gravity="center_vertical"` in the layout file or `textView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);` in the Java file. – weeix Nov 07 '17 at 03:07
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and to add nice padding: `textView.setCompoundDrawablePadding( context.getResources().getDimensionPixelOffset(R.dimen.small_padding)` where R.dimen.small_padding - 16dp – Kirill Karmazin Dec 02 '18 at 15:40

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 13 '14 at 06:47

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You can use this in your XML file:

android:drawableLeft

For your TextView and specify a drawable there your want to present on the left side of it.

answered Aug 13 '14 at 06:47

Emil Adz

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