How to center drawableTop and text vertically on the Button in Android?
New answer
Apparently I misunderstood the question. The answer is to use:
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" style="@android:style/Widget.Button">
...and enclose an ImageView
and a TextView
inside.
Old answer
Here's a thought: wrap your button in a FrameLayout. Soemthing like:
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:foreground="@drawable/ico" android:foregroundGravity="center"> <Button android:gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@+id/StartButton2x2" android:text="@string/Widget2x2StartBtnLabel" android:layout_width="0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1" android:background="@drawable/widgetbtn_bg" /></FrameLayout>
Btw, what's up with android:layout_width="0dip"
? Doesn't seem right.
'android:gravity' seems to work only on text label. It does not affect 'drawableTop' positioning.
Correct.
I was able to center it vertically using 'android:paddingTop' - but that does not seem to be a good idea. I guess it would not work properly on different screen resolution/size.
You might be able to solve this by using dimension resources.
However, other than via padding, you cannot "center drawableTop and text vertically on the Button". The drawable feature of Button
is not very configurable.
You can use textview with its property.
<LinearLayout style="@android:style/Widget.Button" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical" > <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:drawableLeft="@drawable/.." android:text="" /> </LinearLayout>