How to programmatically set drawableLeft on Android button?

Question

You can use the setCompoundDrawables method to do this. See the example here. I used this without using the setBounds and it worked. You can try either way.

UPDATE: Copying the code here incase the link goes down

Drawable img = getContext().getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.smiley);
img.setBounds(0, 0, 60, 60);
txtVw.setCompoundDrawables(img, null, null, null);

or

Drawable img = getContext().getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.smiley);
txtVw.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(img, null, null, null);

or

txtVw.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.smiley, 0, 0, 0);

Simply you can try this also

txtVw.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.smiley, 0, 0, 0);

• Kotlin Version

Use below snippet to add a drawable left to the button:

val drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.ic_favorite_white_16dp)
button.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(drawable, null, null, null)

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• Important Point in Using Android Vector Drawable

When you are using an android vector drawable and want to have backward compatibility for API below 21, add the following codes to:

In app level build.gradle:

android {
    defaultConfig {
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    }
}

In Application class:

class MyApplication : Application() {

    override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()

        AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true)
    }

}

myEdtiText.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.smiley, 0, 0, 0);

For me, it worked:

button.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(com.example.project1.R.drawable.ic_launcher, 0, 0, 0);

If you are using drawableStart, drawableEnd, drawableTop or drawableBottom; you must use "setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds"

edittext.setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, R.drawable.anim_search_to_close, 0)

Worked for me. To set drawable at the right

tvBioLive.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, R.drawable.ic_close_red_400_24dp, 0)