EditText space between image and text

Question

I have defined the

EditText

like below

<EditText

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="40dp"

    android:id="@+id/searchText"

    android:paddingStart="16dp"

    android:backgroundTint="@color/grey"

    android:drawableStart="@drawable/searchsmall"

    android:drawablePadding="15dp"

    android:padding="10dp"

     />

The output.

I have set the

android:drawablePadding

but text is not moving to the right.

I want he results like below.

How can I do it ?

Thanks

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Answer 1

you can use below code

 android:drawablePadding="5dp"

EditText space between image and text

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