How to add icon inside EditText view in Android ?

Question

I want to add a \"search\" icon to appear inside an EditText in the left edge? such as search box in Facebook Android app?

Answer 1

Use a relative layout and set the button the be align left of the edit text view, and set the left padding of your text view to the size of your button. I can't think of a good way to do it without hard coding the padding :/

You can also use apk tool to sorta unzip the facebook apk and take a look at its layout files.