Button with image and text centered

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I need button with text in the middle and icon left of text. my button : ``` <Button android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:onClick="" android:text="@string/search_button" android:textColor="@drawable/button_text" android:layout_weight="1" android:background="@drawable/button" android:drawableLeft="@drawable/new_star_nonactive" /> ``` I need button with width fill_parent (all screen width) but I have this : How can I set image position center, near the text?

Accepted Answer

Then only way to do that, is to use padding. In your case you want the image to move to the right, so use `android:paddingLeft="50dp"` or the amount of dips you want to move.

EDIT: also add `android:gravity="left | center"` in order to get the text right with the image.

Button with image and text centered

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