How to Declare and Set a Drawable to an Integer object

1. Add a drawable to your project named myicon.

2. In the MainActivity.java file, add the below line to the onCreate method.

int myIcon = R.drawable.myicon;

3. Compile and run!

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setImageDrawable - Set a Drawable to an ImageView

setImageDrawable() was added in API Level 1
Sets a drawable as the content of this ImageView.

1. Set a Drawable Object Variable with a drawable named myDrawable.

2. Find an ImageView using ID, named myImageView.

3. In the MainActivity.java file, add the following code to the onCreate method. This will set the Drawable to the ImageView.

myImageView.setImageDrawable(myDrawable);

4. Compile and run!

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView.html#setImageDrawable(android.graphics.drawable.Drawable)

getDrawable - Set a Drawable Object Variable

Drawable was added in API Level 1

1. Create an Drawable Variable named myDrawable.

2. In the MainActivity.java file, add the following line. This will get an instance of a Drawable. This will set the myDrawable to the drawable named R.drawable.myImage.

try {
    myDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.myImage);
} catch { Resources.NotFoundException e)
    e.printStackTrace();
}

3. Compile and run!

Next Recommended Article: Set a Drawable to an ImageView

Resources:
developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getResources()
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Resources.html#getDrawable(int)

Create a Drawable Object Variable

This will declare and name an Drawable object variable

Drawable was added in API Level 1
A Drawable is a general abstraction for "something that can be drawn." Most often you will deal with Drawable as the type of resource retrieved for drawing things to the screen; the Drawable class provides a generic API for dealing with an underlying visual resource that may take a variety of forms. Unlike a View, a Drawable does not have any facility to receive events or otherwise interact with the user.

1. Create an Android project, if you don't already have one.

2.In the MainActivity.java file, add the code below to the onCreate method. This will create a Drawable  named myDrawable. 

    Drawable myDrawable;

3. Compile and run!

Next Recommended Article: Set a Drawable

Resources:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.html
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds/android:drawableTop - Add a Drawable Above the Text in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - How to Add a Drawable Above the Text in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds was added in API Level 3
Related XML Attribute: android:drawableTop

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text. Use 0 if you do not want a Drawable there. The Drawables' bounds will be set to their intrinsic bounds.

The drawable (image, picture, etc) will be displayed above the text in a TextView.

1. Ensure to change the minSDKVersion to 3, or greater.

2. Add a drawable named myImage

3. Add the following text to the TextView: "This is an example with a drawable set above the text in a TextView."

4. Find a TextView using ID

5. Set the android:layout_width of the TextView to wrap_content.

6. Add the code below to the onCreate method.

myTextView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0,R.drawable.myImage,0,0);

7. At this point, the code will work. But to easier see the defines perimeter of the TextView, let's change the background color of the TextView to Gray. Hex: #808080

8. Compile and run!

This is using android:layout = "wrap_content"

9. You can also change the android:layout_width to match_parent, and you get the result below.

This is using android:layout = "match_parent"

Related Articles:

• android:drawableTop - Set a Drawable Above Text, in a TextView, in XML
• android:drawableRight - Set a Drawable to the right of the text, in TextView, in XML
• android:drawableBottom - Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using drawableBottom
• android:drawableLeft - Set a Drawable to the left of text, in a TextView, in XML

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int, int, int, int)

android:drawableStart - Set a Drawable at start of Text, in a TextView, in XML

How to Set a Drawable at the start of Text, in a TextView, in XML

Set a Drawable at start of Text, in a TextView, in XML
android:drawableEnd was added in API Level 14 
Related Method: setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds- Add a Drawable to the Start of Text, in a TextView, in Java

The drawable to be drawn to the start of the text.

1. Add a TextView.

2. Add a drawable named myImage.  

3. Ensure to change the minSDKVersion to 14, or greater.

4. In the main.xml file, add the below line

  <TextView
    .... 
      android:drawableStart = "@drawable/myImage"
  />
 
5. Compile and run!

Related Articles

• setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable to the Start of Text, in a TextView, in Java
• setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable Below a TextView
• Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using background

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:drawableStart
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#drawableStart

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds/android:drawableRight - Add a Drawable to the Right of the text in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - How to Add a Drawable to the Right of the text in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds was added in API Level 3
Related XML Attribute: android:drawableRight

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text. Use 0 if you do not want a Drawable there. The Drawables' bounds will be set to their intrinsic bounds.

The drawable (image, picture, etc) will be displayed to the right of the text

1. Ensure to change the minSDKVersion to 3, or greater.

2. Add a drawable named myImage

3. Add the following text to the TextView: "This is an example with a drawable set to the right in a TextView."

4. Find a TextView using ID

5. Set the android:layout_width of the TextView to wrap_content.

6. Add the code below to the onCreate method.

myTextView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0,0,R.drawable.myImage,0);

7. Compile and run!

This is using android:layout_width = "wrap_content"

8. You can also change the android:layout_width to match_parent, and you get the result below.

This is using android:layout_width = "match_parent"

Related Articles:

• android:drawableRight - Set a Drawable to the right of the text, in TextView, in XML
• android:drawableBottom - Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using drawableBottom
• android:drawableLeft - Set a Drawable to the left of text, in a TextView, in XML

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int, int, int, int)

android:drawablePadding - Add Padding to a Drawable in a TextView, in XML

How to Add Padding to a Drawable in a TextView, in XML

android:drawablePadding was added in API Level 1
Related Method: setCompoundDrawablePadding - Add Padding to a Drawable in a TextView, using Java

The padding between the drawables and the text.

1. Add a TextView in your main.xml file.

2. Add the following text to the TextView: "This is an example with a drawable set to the left in a TextView."

3. Add a drawable to the TextView.
    Examples include:
    android:drawableBottom, android:drawableEnd, android:drawableLeft, android:drawableRight.

 (My example will use android:drawableLeft)

4. In the main.xml file, add the code below.

  <TextView
        ...
       android:drawablePadding = "15dip"
  />

5. Compile and run!

6. You can compare the image above to without android:drawablePadding here, using android:drawableLeft.

Related Articles:

• setCompoundDrawablePadding - Add Padding to a Drawable in a TextView, using Java

Resources:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:drawablePadding
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#drawablePadding

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds/android:drawableLeft - Add a Drawable to the Left of the text in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - How to Add a Drawable to the Left of the text in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds was added in API Level 3
Related XML Attribute: android:drawableLeft 

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text. Use 0 if you do not want a Drawable there. The Drawables' bounds will be set to their intrinsic bounds.

The drawable (image, picture, etc) will be displayed to the left of the text

1. Ensure to change the minSDKVersion to 3, or greater.

2. Add the following text to the TextView: "This is an example with a drawable set to the left in a TextView."

3. Find a TextView using ID

4. Add a drawable named myImage

5. Add the code below to the onCreate method.

myTextView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.myImage,0,0,0);

6. Compile and run!

Related Articles:

• android:drawableBottom - Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using drawableBottom
• android:drawableLeft - Set a Drawable to the left of text, in a TextView, in XML

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int, int, int, int)

android:drawableLeft - Set a Drawable to the left of text, in a TextView, in XML

How to Set a Drawable to the left of the text, in TextView, in XML

android:drawableLeft was added in API Level 1 
Related Method: setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable to the Left of the text in a TextView, in Java

The drawable to be drawn to the left of the text.

1. Add a TextView.

2. Add the following text to the TextView: "This is an example with a drawable set to the left in a TextView."

3. Add a drawable named myImage.  

4. In the main.xml file, add the below line

  <TextView
    .... 
      android:drawableLeft = "@drawable/myImage"
  />
 
5. Compile and run!

Related Articles

• setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable Below a TextView
• Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using background

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:drawableLeft
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#drawableLeft

setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds/android:drawableEnd - Add a Drawable to the End of Text, in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds - How to Add a Drawable to the end of Text, in a TextView, in Java

setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds was added in API Level 17
Related XML Attribute: android:drawableEnd

setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds (int start, int top, int end, int bottom)Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the start of, above, to the end of, and below the text. Use 0 if you do not want a Drawable there. The Drawables' bounds will be set to their intrinsic bounds.

1. Ensure to change the minSDKVersion to 17, or greater.

2. Find a TextView using ID

3. Add a drawable named myImage

4. Add the code below to the onCreate method. This will set a drawable to be drawn to the end of the text. 

myTextView.setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(0,0,R.drawable.myImage,0);

5. Compile and run!

Related Articles:

• android:drawableEnd - Set drawable to the end of the text, in TextView, in XML
• android:drawableBottom - Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using drawableBottom

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int, int, int, int)

android:drawableEnd - Set drawable to the end of the text, in TextView, in XML

Set drawable to the end of the text, in TextView, in XML

android:drawableEnd was added in API Level 14 
Related Method:
setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable to the End of Text, in a TextView, in Java

The drawable to be drawn to the end of the text.

1. Add a TextView.

2. Add a drawable named myImage.  

3. Ensure to change the minSDKVersion to 14, or greater.

4. In the main.xml file, add the below line

  <TextView
    .... 
      android:drawableEnd = "@drawable/myImage"
  />
 
5. Compile and run!

Related Articles

• setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable Below a TextView
• Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using background

Resources:
developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:drawableEnd
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#drawableEnd

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds/android:drawableBottom - Add a Drawable Below a TextView

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - How to Add a Drawable Below a TextView

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds was added in API Level 3
Related XML Attribute: android:drawableBottom

setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds (int left, int top, int right, int bottom)
Sets the Drawables (if any) to appear to the left of, above, to the right of, and below the text. Use 0 if you do not want a Drawable there. The Drawables' bounds will be set to their intrinsic bounds.

The drawable (image, picture, etc) will be displayed centered, below the text

1. Ensure to change the minSDKVersion to 3, or greater.

2. Find a TextView using ID

3. Add a drawable named myImage

4. Add the code below to the onCreate method.

myTextView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0,0,0,R.drawable.myImage);

5. Compile and run!

Related Articles:

• android:drawableBottom - Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using drawableBottom

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int, int, int, int)

Add a Drawable to your Project

How to Add a Drawable to your Project

A drawable resource is a general concept for a graphic that can be drawn to the screen

There are several types of drawables Choose a type from below you'd like to add to your project.

Bitmap File, Nine-Patch File, Layer List, State List, Level List, Transition Drawable, Inset Drawable, Clip Drawable, Scale Drawable, and Shape Drawable.

Related Articles:

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html

Add a Bitmap Drawable to your Project

How to Add a Bitmap Drawable to your Project

A bitmap graphic file (.png, .jpg, or .gif).

1. Add the bitmap graphic file (.png, .jpg, or .gif) to the res/drawable directory. If the res/drawable directory does not exist, create a drawable directory.

        example: mypic.png

2. The file will now be available for use in your project. 

Previous Recommended Article: Add a Drawable to your Project

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html

android:drawableBottom - Set Drawable below text, in a TextView, in XML

How to Set a Drawable below Text, in a TextView, in XML

android:drawableBottom was added in API Level 1 
Related Method: setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable Below a TextView

The drawable to be drawn below the text.

1. Add a TextView.

2. Add a drawable named myImage.  

3. In the main.xml file, add the below line

  <TextView
    .... 
      android:drawableBottom = "@drawable/myImage"
  />
 
4. Compile and run!

Related Articles

• setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds - Add a Drawable Below a TextView
• Set an Image to Background of a TextView, using background

Resources:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:drawableBottom
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#drawableBottom