Keep text in TextView with drawableLeft centered

Question

In my app I have a header bar which consists of a single textview with fill_parent as width, which have a specific background color and some centered text. Now I want to add a d

Answer 1

use this way

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/White"
     >
  
  <RelativeLayout
       android:id="@+id/rlheader"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="50dp"
       android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
       android:background="@color/HeaderColor"
      
        >
 
        <TextView
           
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
           android:layout_centerVertical="true"
           android:text="Header_Title"
            />
 
        <ImageView
           android:id="@+id/ivSetting"
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
           android:layout_centerVertical="true"
           android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
           android:src="@drawable/setting" />
 
        
    </RelativeLayout>

</RelativeLayout>
      

it look something like this snap of my demo project

Answer 2

Though fragile, you can avoid the use of a wrapper Layout by setting a negative padding on the drawable:

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/icon"
    android:drawablePadding="-20sp"
    android:text="blah blah blah" />

You'll have to adjust the padding to the width of the drawable, but you're left with just a single TextView instead of an extra LinearLayout or etc.

Answer 3

One simple solution is to use a transparent image with the same size on the opposite side of the textview. In my example i copied my actual vector_image and changed the colors to be transparent.

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/name"
        style="@style/TextStyle"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_vector_caret_down_green"
        android:drawableStart="@drawable/ic_vector_space_18"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:padding="12dp"
        android:textColor="@color/green"/>

Answer 4

The accepted answer is not working for me, it fails if TextView width is match parent I did it using FrameLayout.

 <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="#000">

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:drawableStart="@drawable/ic_circle_check_white"
            android:drawablePadding="10dp"
            android:text="Header"
            android:textColor="#fff"
            android:textSize="14sp"/>

    </FrameLayout>

Answer 5

the best way is to use ConstraintLayout, to make the textview at the center of the layout and the width warp_content(don't use 0dp now) so that the drawable will follow the text.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tv_test"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="test"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/you_drawable"
    android:drawablePadding="5dp"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    />

Answer 6

I've faced a similar problem. Solved it by using single TextView with layout_width="wrap_content" and layout_gravity="center" parameters:

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/some_drawable"
    android:text="some text"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center"
    />