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6/2/2016 - 6:48 PM

Displaying Images within a TextView A TextView is actually surprisingly powerful and actually supports having images displayed as a part of

Displaying Images within a TextView A TextView is actually surprisingly powerful and actually supports having images displayed as a part of it's content area. Any images stored in the "drawable" folders can actually be embedded within a TextView at several key locations in relation to the text using the android:drawableRight and the android:drawablePadding property.

In Android, many views inherit from TextView such as Buttons, EditTexts, RadioButtons which means that all of these views support the same functionality. From https://guides.codepath.com/android/Working-with-the-TextView

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<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"     
    android:gravity="center"
    android:text="@string/my_contacts"
    android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_action_add_group"
    android:drawablePadding="8dp"
/>
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<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:hint="@string/user_name"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/ic_action_person"
    android:drawablePadding="8dp"
/>