Customize AppCompatButton drawableLeft?

Question

How can I place drawableLeft and button text of AppCompatButton like in the image below?

I have tried to apply paddingLeft, but the text is moving away from the drawable to the right.

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/filterBy"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_btn_filter"
                android:paddingLeft="20dp"
                android:text="@string/filter_by"
                android:textAllCaps="false" />

And so far the result is looking like

Layout

   <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/profileHeader"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp">

            <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/findFriends"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_btn_search"
                android:text="@string/find_friends"
                android:textAllCaps="false" />

            <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatButton
                android:id="@+id/filterBy"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_btn_filter"
                android:text="@string/filter_by"
                android:textAllCaps="false" />
      </LinearLayout>

And the interpreted requirement for making things clear.

Using layout_weight property am adjusting the width of both buttons and what i have to do is, the text should be in center of the button and the drawable should be aligned near left of the text.

Any suggestion please?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '15 at 07:44

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use

 android:drawablePadding=""

answered Dec 01 '15 at 07:44

Vaisakh N

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`drawablePadding` only makes padding b/w the button text and drawable. – Stella Dec 01 '15 at 07:47
Completely your misunderstand my query plz see the updated one. – Stella Dec 01 '15 at 08:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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probably you can't, if you want like this then you have to make it using complex layout like this see

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Dec 01 '15 at 08:02

Rajesh

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Customize AppCompatButton drawableLeft?

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