setCompoundDrawables EditText Text Overlapping

I'm Implementing a `Drawable` as text at the start of my `EditText` using `setCompoundDrawables` but I'm getting incorrect results. What I need is for my text to start after the `Drawable` when typing but in stead I'm getting this I have a `EditText` In a layout defined like this ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/control" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:paddingLeft="4dp" > <EditText android:id="@+id/field" style="@style/TextField" android:inputType="number" /> </LinearLayout> ``` I have to add a piece of text as a `Drawable` in the beginning of the `EditText`. So I convert Text to a `Drawable` using this `class` ``` public class TextDrawable extends Drawable { private final String text; private final Paint paint; public TextDrawable(String text) { this.text = text; this.paint = new Paint(); paint.setColor(Color.parseColor("#009999")); paint.setTextSize(30); paint.setAntiAlias(true); paint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.LEFT); } @Override public void draw(Canvas canvas) { canvas.drawText(text, 0, 6, paint); } @Override public void setAlpha(int alpha) { paint.setAlpha(alpha); } @Override public void setColorFilter(ColorFilter cf) { paint.setColorFilter(cf); } @Override public int getOpacity() { return PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT; } } ``` And I implement it here ``` final EditText field = (EditText) widget.findViewById(R.id.field); field.setCompoundDrawables(new TextDrawable(this.label), null, null, null); field.setText(this.value); ``` Am I doing something wrong? EDIT I tried using this method `field.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.my_drawable, 0, 0, 0);` and it works but obviously I can't use it because the drawable isn't defined as a resource.