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

Most of answers are correct but should handle the background setting correctly.

First get the padding of your view

//Here my view has the same padding in all directions so I need to get just 1 padding
int padding = myView.getPaddingTop();

Then set the background

//If your are supporting lower OS versions make sure to verify the version
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
    //getDrawable was deprecated so use ContextCompat                            
    myView.setBackgroundDrawable(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.bg_accent_underlined_white));
} else {
    myView.setBackground(ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.bg_accent_underlined_white));
}

Then set the padding the view had before the background change

myView.setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);