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Reputation: 61

How to implment padding to the right in android

I have an icon that I have declared in my application tag in the manifest file as android:icon="@drawable/ic_myIcon"

This icon is too close to the heading on the left how can I padd it to the right or some other way to insert space.

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 82

Answers (3)

Ismael Di Vita
Ismael Di Vita

Reputation: 1836

I don't know if this is possible, but try create this drawable and set as icon

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item>
        <bitmap android:src="@drawable/your_icon_res_image" />
    </item>
    <item android:right="20dp">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <solid android:color="@color/transparent" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

Upvotes: 0

Fred
Fred

Reputation: 3421

You can use android:paddingRight or android:paddingEnd. In new APIs to handle RTL locale should be use android:paddingEnd. Also you can use android:layout_marginRight or android:layout_marginEnd.

For example :

<ImageView
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"        
    android:src="@drawable/logo"
    android:contentDescription="@string/logo"  
    android:layout_marginEnd="20dp" />

Or 

<ImageView
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"        
    android:src="@drawable/logo"
    android:contentDescription="@string/logo"  
    android:paddingEnd="20dp" />

Upvotes: 0

Michele La Ferla
Michele La Ferla

Reputation: 6884

All you need to do is the following:

android:paddingRight= "5dp"

You can change the amount of padding you need by increasing or descreasing the dp size

Alternatively you can also use margins instead of paddings. Hope this solves your issue :)

Upvotes: 1

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