Changing the drawable size inside a button

Question

I want to create a Button like this:

Here is my code:

<Button
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:drawablePadding="10dp"
android:id="@+id/button"
android:text="Play Game"
android:background="@drawable/ronaldo"
android:drawableRight="@drawable/messi" />

But the messi.jpeg is too large, and it doesn't show the text in this situation. How to decrease the image size to fit the button?

May anyone help me to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Solution 1:

Adding a drawable to a button has very limited functions. You can't change the drawable size, so the best way to fix it is to add a button with an image view beside it in a linear layout like this:

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:background="@drawable/ronaldo"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:background="@null"
        android:text="Play Game"
        android:textColor="#ff0000"
        android:textStyle="italic" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:src="@drawable/messi" />

</LinearLayout>

Solution 2:

You can also do the following if you prefer this one, but you will have to add onClickListener() for each one of them:

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:background="@drawable/ronaldo"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:background="@null"
        android:text="Play Game"
        android:textColor="#ff0000"
        android:textStyle="italic" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/imageButton"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:src="@drawable/messi" />

</LinearLayout>

Solution 3:

As you have suggested in the comments, you would do something like this:

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="80dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:background="@drawable/ronaldo">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="80dp"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/buttonLayout"
        android:layout_alignRight="@+id/buttonLayout"
        android:background="@null" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/buttonLayout"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="80dp"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Play Game"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
            android:textColor="#ff0000"
            android:textStyle="italic" />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/imageView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="80dp"
            android:src="@drawable/messi" />

    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>