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

You can give some padding by using 9-patch images and defining the content area in the drawable. Check this

You can also set the padding in your layout from xml or programatically

xml padding tags

android:padding
android:paddingLeft
android:paddingRight
android:paddingTop
android:paddingBottom

You can try setting the padding manually from the code after you call the setBackgroundDrawable by calling setPadding on your EditText or Button Views