Can't get rid of bottom padding on button

Question

I have a button. It seems to have bottom padding I cannot get rid of:

Answer 1

I am late to answer this but thought to share if someone come across similar use case( Removing all the inner and outer padding in Button )

<Button
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="-5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="-5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="-5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="-5dp"
android:minHeight="-2dp"
android:minWidth="-2dp"
android:text="TextView"
android:textSize="12sp" />

Answer 2

setting android:layout_marginBottom="-5dp" for the button worked nicely for me.

Answer 3

The padding is in the 9-patch of the buttons themselves.

I'd advise against trying to compensate because these graphics resources can change without notice. You'd be better off building your own 9-patch or editing the existing one to remove the padding.

Answer 4

Hmn really strange. Never noticed that. Probably because u usally want a little space around your buttons.

Also tried margin/padding=0dp and did in fact not work.

You could set android:layout_marginBottom="-10dp" however :).