Margin inside buttons

Question

I'm trying to have some margins inside a button between the text and the borders but I don't know how to specify them.

The only way I know is using android:layout_width="...", but this is not relative to the text size.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you're looking for this kind of padding on the left and right of this cheeky text :

Here is what you do. :

   <Button
    android:id="@+id/she_was_good"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:soundEffectsEnabled="false"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:paddingRight="25dp"
    android:paddingLeft="25dp"
    android:text="@string/im_sorry_lol_str" />

The part you are looking for is paddingRight and paddingLeft

Answer 2

Use padding to add margin between border and text in button.