To use layout_marginLeft in a button style applied as a theme?

Question

I used an attribute layout_marginLeft="30dip" in a style defined for buttons. When I apply this style individually for each button, the left margin is placed as I wanted.

But then I defined a theme, where I assigned my button style to the attribute android:buttonStyle and applied it to my project.
However, the left margin property is ignored. Any idea what I must do here?

style.xml as follows:

<style name="btnstyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Button">     <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>     <item name="android:layout_width">wrap_content</item>     <item name="android:layout_marginLeft">30dip</item>     <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>        </style>   <style name="appstyle" parent="android:Theme">      <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/btnstyle</item>  </style> 

Answer 1

It looks like this can be achieved by wrapping an insets tag around the shape.

Like this:

<inset xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:insetLeft="5dp"     android:insetRight="5dp"     android:insetTop="5dp"     android:insetBottom="5dp">  <shape       android:shape="rectangle">     <solid          android:color="#fff"/>     <stroke         android:width="1dp"         android:color="#333"/>     <corners          android:radius="10dp"/> </shape> </inset>