android layout: This tag and its children can be replaced by one <TextView/> and a compound drawable

To expand on Romain Guy's answer, here is an example.

Before:

<LinearLayout 
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"  
android:padding="5dp" >

<TextView 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:text="My Compound Button" />

<ImageView 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:src="@drawable/my_drawable" />
</LinearLayout>

After:

<TextView  
    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:text="My Compound Button" 
    android:drawableRight="@drawable/my_drawable" android:padding="5dp" />

Merge the TextView and the ImageView into one, by using TextView's setCompoundDrawable*() methods, or using android:drawableLeft.


Thought I would try to get some extra puntos for this as well: you can add padding between the image and the text using android:drawablePadding. https://stackoverflow.com/a/6671544/1224741

Tags:

Android

Layout