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

User · Answer

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.

User · Answer

use android drawbleStart propery on EditText       lt EditText                          android drawableStart   drawable my icon    gt

User · Answer

Use the android drawableLeft property on the EditText    lt EditText                  android drawableLeft   drawable my icon    gt

User · Answer

You can set drawableLeft in the XML as suggested by marcos  but you might also want to set it programmatically - for example in response to an event  To do this use the method setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrincisBounds int  int  int  int    EditText editText   findViewById R id myEditText       Set drawables for left  top  right  and bottom - send 0 for nothing editTxt setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds R drawable myDrawable  0  0  0

User · Answer

If you want to use Android s default drawable  you can use  android drawable ic menu search like this    lt EditText android id    id inputSearch      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  wrap content      android drawableLeft   android drawable ic menu search      android hint  Search product        android inputType  textVisiblePassword   gt

User · Answer

Use     lt EditText                 android drawableStart   drawable icon    gt

[android] How to add icon inside EditText view in Android ?

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