How to set drawable in Top-Left in a textview?

Question

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/text"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawablePadding="@dimen/padding_small_6"
        android:includeFontPadding="false"
        android:text="@string/forgot_password_hint"
        android:drawableStart="@drawable/ic_edit"
        android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_medium_14"/>

This is my textview. I want to set the drawable on left of this textview. But the problem is, If the text is multiline, then drawable appears center-vertical in the text view.

Is there any option to set drawable on Top-Left of the textview?

Answer 1

Make Custom drawable class by extending a drawable class and use for drawable .eg:

public class TopLeftGravityDrawable extends BitmapDrawable {
   private final Drawable mDrawable;

   public TopLeftGravityDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
       mDrawable = drawable;
   }

   @Override
   public int getIntrinsicWidth() {
       return mDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth();
   }

   @Override
   public int getIntrinsicHeight() {
       return mDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight();
   }

   @Override
   public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
       int halfCanvas= canvas.getHeight() / 2;
       int halfDrawable = mDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight() / 2;

       // align to top
       canvas.save();
       canvas.translate(0, -halfCanvas + halfDrawable);
       mDrawable.draw(canvas);
       canvas.restore();
   }
}

Usage :

       Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_customer);

       TopGravityDrawable gravityDrawable = new TopGravityDrawable(drawable);

       drawable.setBounds(0, 6, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
       gravityDrawable.setBounds(0, 6, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
       textview.setCompoundDrawables(gravityDrawable, null, null, null);