Where'd padding go, when setting background Drawable?

Question

I have this issue on my EditText and Button views, where I have a nice padding for them to space away from the text, but when I change the backgrou

Answer 1

Backward compatable version of cottonBallPaws's answer

/** 
  * Sets the background for a view while preserving its current     padding. If the background drawable 
  * has its own padding, that padding will be added to the current padding. 
 *  
 * @param view View to receive the new background. 
 * @param backgroundDrawable Drawable to set as new background. 
 */ 
@TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public static void setBackgroundAndKeepPadding(View view, Drawable backgroundDrawable) {
    Rect drawablePadding = new Rect();
    backgroundDrawable.getPadding(drawablePadding);
    int top = view.getPaddingTop() + drawablePadding.top;
    int left = view.getPaddingLeft() + drawablePadding.left;
    int right = view.getPaddingRight() + drawablePadding.right;
    int bottom = view.getPaddingBottom() + drawablePadding.bottom;

    int sdk = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
    if(sdk < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
        view.setBackgroundDrawable(backgroundDrawable);
    } else {
        view.setBackground(backgroundDrawable);
    }
    view.setPadding(left, top, right, bottom);
}