Get margin of a View

Question

How can I get the margin value of a View from an Activity? The View can be of any type.

After a bit of searching I found out ways to get padding of a view, but couldn\'

Answer 1

try this:

View view = findViewById(...) //or however you need it
LayoutParams lp = (LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();

margins are accessible via

lp.leftMargin;
lp.rightMargin;
lp.topMargin;
lp.bottomMargin;

edit: perhaps ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams will work for you. It's a base class for other LayoutParams.

ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams lp = (ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams.html