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Dmitry Zaytsev
Dmitry Zaytsev

Reputation: 23962

Is it possible to set drawableLeft programmatically?

In XML we can set drawableLeft using this way:

    <Button
    android:id="@+id/previewBtn"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/white_btn"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/green_circle"
    android:drawablePadding="16dp"
    android:text="Button" />

How to do same thing programmatically?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 9773

Answers (2)

Matt Wolfe
Matt Wolfe

Reputation: 9284

Yes, use setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds

and define the drawable for the first parameter, then 0 for all the others.

The code should look something like this:

Button b = findViewById(R.id.myButton);

b.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.myDrawable, 0, 0, 0);

If your drawable was created in code as well then you need to use the other setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds method which takes 4 drawables, and pass null for all but the left.

Upvotes: 19

wsanville
wsanville

Reputation: 37516

The method to use is setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds. This method takes all four drawable options (left, top, right, bottom), so if you want only left, pass in null for the others.

Upvotes: 2

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