Add margin between a RadioButton and its label in Android?

by

For anyone reading this now, the accepted answer will lead to some layout problems on newer APIs causing too much padding.

On API <= 16 you can set paddingLeft on the radio button to set the padding relative to the radio button’s view bounds. Additionally, a patch nine background also changes the view bounds relative to the view.

On API >= 17 the paddingLeft (or paddingStart) is in relation to the radio button drawable. Same applies to the about a patch nine. To better illustrate padding differences see the attached screenshot.

If you dig through the code you will find a new method in API 17 called getHorizontalOffsetForDrawables. This method is called when calculating the left padding for a radio button(hence the additional space illustrated in the picture).

TL;DR Just use paddingLeft if your minSdkVersion is >= 17. If you support API <= 16, you should have radio button style for the min SDK you are supporting and another style for API 17+.

combine screenshots showing left padding differences between API versions

More Related Contents:

  1. How to set OnClickListener on a RadioButton in Android?
  2. Is it possible to change the radio button icon in an android radio button group
  3. How to group RadioButton from different LinearLayouts?
  4. How to use RadioGroup in ListView custom adapter?
  5. ANDROID – ExpandableListView
  6. RadioGroup with two columns which have ten RadioButtons
  7. How to customize list preference radio button
  8. Android: Radio button in custom list view
  9. Android: How to detect a rooting in Android App [closed]
  10. Is there a way to get the source code from an APK file?
  11. Placing/Overlapping(z-index) a view above another view in android
  12. Android ListView Selector Color
  13. Android: Unable to add window. Permission denied for this window type
  14. How can I Zip and Unzip a string using GZIPOutputStream that is compatible with .Net?
  15. Add extra User Information with firebase
  16. Execution failed for task ‘app:mergeDebugResources’ Crunching Cruncher….png failed
  17. Android: how to get value of an attribute in code?
  18. Wrap_content view inside a ConstraintLayout stretches outside the screen
  19. Cannot catch toolbar home button click event
  20. Unable to start Service Intent
  21. Upgraded to Android studio 3.4 – Aapt2InternalException: AAPT2: Daemon startup failed
  22. Android/Firebase – Error while parsing timestamp in GCM event – Null timestamp
  23. Handlers and memory leaks in Android
  24. capturing images with MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE intent in android
  25. Jetpack Compose lazy column all items recomposes when a single item update
  26. LayoutManager for RecyclerView Grid with different cell width
  27. Emulator problem in Android
  28. Keyboard hides BottomSheetDialogFragment
  29. Access android context in ndk application
  30. Is there another place to get a google-services.json?

Leave a Comment