Add margin between a RadioButton and its label in Android?

Question

Is it possible to add a little bit of space between a RadioButton and the label while still using Android\'s built-in components? By default the text looks a little scrunche

Answer 1

for me works:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <item android:state_checked="true">
            <layer-list>
                <item android:right="5dp">
                    <shape android:paddingLeft="5dp" android:shape="oval">
                     <size android:width="20dp" android:height="20dp" />
                     <solid android:color="@color/blue" />
            </shape>
        </item>
    </layer-list>
</item>
<item android:paddingLeft="5dp" android:state_checked="false">
    <layer-list>
        <item android:right="5dp">
            <shape android:paddingLeft="5dp" android:shape="oval">
                <size android:width="20dp" android:height="20dp" />
                <solid android:color="@color/grey" />
                </shape>
            </item>
        </layer-list>
    </item>
</selector>

Answer 2

Can't try this right now to verify, but have you tried to see if the attribute android:drawablePadding does what you need?

Answer 3

You can this code on your XML file

<RadioButton
android:id="@+id/rButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawablePadding="50dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dip"
android:text="@string/your_text" />

or use this on Activity class

radioButton.setPadding(12, 10, 0, 10);

Answer 4

You could try using the gravity attribute of radio button .

<RadioButton
                        android:id="@+id/rb_all"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                        android:checked="true"
                        android:gravity="right|center_vertical"
                        android:padding="@dimen/padding_30dp"
                        android:text="@string/filter_inv_all"
                        android:textColor="@color/black"
                        android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_18" />

This will align the text to the right most end . Check out the first radio in the image.

Answer 5

Not sure if this will fix your problem, but have you tried Radio Button's "Padding left" property with a value of 50dip or more

Answer 6

I have tried, "android:paddingLeft" will works. paddingLeft will only impact the text while keep the radio image stay at the original position.