How to add image for button in android?

Question

How can I add an image to a button, rather than text?

Answer 1

you can use ImageView as Button. Create an ImageView and set clickable true after in write imageView.setOnClickListener for ImageView.

  <ImageView
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"`
android:id="@+id/imageview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

and in Activity's oncreate:

imageView.setOnClickListener(...

Answer 2

The new MaterialButton from the Material Components can include an icon:

<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
    android:id="@+id/material_icon_button"
    style="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Button.TextButton.Icon"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/icon_button_label_enabled"
    app:icon="@drawable/icon_24px"/>

You can also customize some icon properties like iconSize and iconGravity.

Reference here.

Answer 3

   <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="News Feed"
        android:icon="@drawable/newsfeed" />

newsfeed is image in the drawable folder