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Harshad Pansuriya
Harshad Pansuriya

Reputation: 20910

EditText Padding not Working as Expected in Android

I have test on MarshMallow device. When I write xml for EditText and set PaddingBottom to Retype EditText. but it is not Working. But When I set PaddingLeft to New PassWord EditText is working fine.

Approch : 1

xml Code :

 <EditText
            android:id="@+id/change_password_old_password_edittext"
            android:layout_below="@+id/change_password_mobileNumber_text"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Old Password"
            android:layout_marginTop="20.0dip"
            android:textColorHint="#40000000"
            android:textSize="@dimen/textsize16"/>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/change_password_new_password_edittext"
            android:layout_below="@+id/change_password_old_password_edittext"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="New Password"
            android:layout_marginTop="20.0dip"
            android:textColorHint="#40000000"
            android:paddingLeft="10dip"
            android:textSize="@dimen/textsize16"/>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/change_password_retype_password_edittext"
            android:layout_below="@+id/change_password_new_password_edittext"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:hint="Retype Password"
            android:layout_marginTop="20.0dip"
            android:paddingBottom="10dip"
            android:textColorHint="#40000000"
            android:textSize="@dimen/textsize16"/>

ScreenShot :

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Approch : 2

Then I decide to set PaddingBottom programatically. But It is giving weird Output.

java code :

inside OnCreate method

   EditText change_password_retype_password_edittext = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.change_password_retype_password_edittext);
        change_password_retype_password_edittext.setPadding(0,0,0,10);

Output :

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Note : I have tested on Marshmallow , LolliPop and also Jellybean. But in all device is not Working.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3431

Answers (2)

lucasddaniel
lucasddaniel

Reputation: 1789

Try to use this:

android:drawablePadding="8dp"

This padding will to put away the drawable from text cursor Look the example.enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Janki Gadhiya
Janki Gadhiya

Reputation: 4510

Your are not specifying the unit of padding you have set so it is taking pixel by default which is smaller then dp so the results are not as per your expectations.

Convert the pixels to dp you will get the solution :

int paddingPixel = 10;
float density = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density;
int paddingDp = (int)(paddingPixel * density);
change_password_retype_password_edittext.setPadding(0,0,0,paddingDp);

For more info visit : Add padding on view programmatically

Upvotes: 6

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