Android background + text + icon for a button

Question

I would like to have an image set to background a text on it and an icon on the left side of the text. Very easy in iPhone, but can't figure out how to do it at Android, to be resizable that button and keep the icon + text position and distance properly.

iPhone:

Android I have this:

The xml code is:

<Button
    android:id="@+id/btSettings"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@id/tvWhatever"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
    android:background="@drawable/bt_general"
    android:drawableTop="@drawable/settings_selected"
    android:text="@string/settings"
    android:textColor="#000000" />

Took the code from here.

If I use android:drawableLeft , than the icon will go to most left part.

If I start playing with semi hardcoded paddings, than I will have different look at diff devives: ( phone and table)

If I add the android:gravity="left|center_vertical" than it will look like this:

The text is variable: it will change, when the user change the language.

How to do it properly?

I don't want to downvote anybody's answer, but please read the question and don't suggest what I have tryed already. Also told the hardcoded fixes doesn't work well.

This is not a homework, but a commercial software part.

Here is a suggested code from answers:

<RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/bt_general"
        android:padding="20dip" >

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/xIcon"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
            android:src="@drawable/settings_selected" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/xSettingsTxt"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerInParent="true"
            android:text="@string/settings"
            android:textColor="#000000" />
    </RelativeLayout>

What do you think how it will look like the android:layout_marginLeft="10dip" on Galaxy s4? Here is a preview:

This is not, what I have asked. "dip" or "dp" or "px" shouldn't be used anywhere as distance from left, top, because phones has HPDI, smaller screen and Tablets has MDPI and wide resolutions. Simple doesn't work on mdpi, and xxhdpi.

Nizam answer is very close to a good solution:

Answer 1

Try this: Follow this : http://porcupineprogrammer.blogspot.in/2013/03/android-ui-struggles-making-button-with.html

<FrameLayout
    style="?android:attr/buttonStyle"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_delete"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Button Challenge" />
</FrameLayout>

Answer 2

Found a class called CenteredIconButton that extends Button at this link. Worked like magic. How to have Image and Text Center within a Button . Thanks to @atomicode

Answer 3

Here is how i do things :

LAYERS

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/rounded_border"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/selector_button"/>

</layer-list>

---

SELECTOR

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item android:drawable="@color/clr_grey_1" android:state_selected="true" android:state_window_focused="false"/>
    <item android:drawable="@color/clr_grey_1" android:state_selected="true"/>
    <item android:drawable="@color/clr_grey_1" android:state_pressed="true" android:state_selected="false"/>
    <item android:drawable="@color/clr_main_green" android:state_selected="false"/>

</selector>

---

ROUNDED CORNER

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <solid android:color="@color/clr_grey_2" />

    <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        android:color="@android:color/white" />

    <corners
        android:bottomLeftRadius="8dp"
        android:bottomRightRadius="8dp"
        android:topLeftRadius="8dp"
        android:topRightRadius="8dp" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="0dp"
        android:left="4dp"
        android:right="0dp"
        android:top="4dp" />

</shape>

Use this on relative layout, with an imageview and button inside it

Answer 4

Maybe you should use RelativeLayout with rounded corners, than put TextView and ImageView inside of it.

Answer 5

Try this:

    Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
    Spannable buttonLabel = new SpannableString(" Settings");
    buttonLabel.setSpan(new ImageSpan(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.settings_selected,      
        ImageSpan.ALIGN_BOTTOM), 0, 1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
    button.setText(buttonLabel);

Answer 6

<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Button Text"
    android:background="@drawable/round_background"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/icon"/>

save the xml code below as round_background.xml and put it on drawable folder. use this if you want, but you can also use image from the drawable folder.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <solid android:color="#f5f5f5" />

    <corners android:radius="10px" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="0dp"
        android:left="0dp"
        android:right="0dp"
        android:top="0dp" />

    <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        android:color="#ccc" />

</shape>