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

Just to explain what's happening :

It's actually a feature. Layout drawables you might use as backgrounds can define a padding this way :

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This padding will be set along with the new drawable background. When there's no padding, the default value is 0.

More info from an email written by Romain Guy: https://www.mail-archive.com/android-developers@googlegroups.com/msg09595.html