wrap_content is not working in button height android

Question

\"wrap_content\" is not working in my button, it currently looks like this:

 now                        want
 ____________
|            |           _________         


        

Answer 1

One solution is to add android:padding="@null" to the button in your XML. This will override any existing padding being enforced.

There is also an issue I've come across where a button will not shrink smaller than the padding defined in the default button style. I highlighted this in my own question some time ago but haven't had an answer that resolves it yet.