Add margin between a RadioButton and its label in Android?

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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 scrunched.

<RadioButton android:id="@+id/rb1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="My Text"/>

I've tried a couple of things:

  1. Specifying margin and padding seem to add space around the entire element (button and text, together). That makes sense, but doesn't do what I need.

  2. Creating a custom drawable via XML specifying images for the checked and unchecked states, then adding a few extra pixels to the right side of each image. This should work, but now you are stepping outside the default UI. (Not the end of the world, but not ideal)

  3. Add extra whitespace to the beginning of each label. Android seems to trim a leading space character, as in " My String", but specifying unicode U+00A0, as in "\u00A0My String" does the trick. This works, but it seems kinda dirty.

Any better solutions?

radio-button android
19 Answers

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

user_130700

jusst use padding start for API above 16

user_182017340

Create a style in style.xml like this

<style name="Button.Radio">

    <item name="android:paddingLeft">@dimen/spacing_large</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">16sp</item>
</style>

Put that style in radio button

 <RadioButton
                android:id="@+id/rb_guest_busy"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="48dp"
                android:text="@string/guest_is_waiting"
                android:textSize="@dimen/font_size_3x_medium"
                android:drawablePadding="@dimen/spacing_large"
                android:textColor="@color/color_text_heading_dark"
                style="@style/Button.Radio"/>

You can change any attribute same as button as it RadioButton indirectly inherits button.

user_25804520

I know it is an old question, but with this solution, I finally got peace of mind and forget about API level.

Left side vertical RadioGroup with right side vertical text view.

 <LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <RadioGroup
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center_vertical">
        <RadioButton
            android:id="@+id/radio1"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
        <RadioButton
            android:id="@+id/radio2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
    </RadioGroup>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:text="Radio 1"/>
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:text="Radio 2"/>
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
user_8503470
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