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Set background to TextView with CompoundDrawable

I need to make a view like this one:

picture

I already have a TextView with CompoundDrawable setted by:

textView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(
    null,
    null,
    context.getDrawableCompat(R.drawable.ic_arrow_forward),
    null
)

And now I just need to add a red circle around TextView's text. Here's my XML with red background:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="oval">
    <solid android:color="@color/red"/>
</shape>

But because of CompoundDrawable arrow the size of my TextView increases (text + drawable), so when I add a android:background attribute to my TextView it applies to the arrow as well.

Here's how it looks like:

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Is there a way to set the background only to text of TextView ?

Solution

  • Sadly, but the only solution I've found is to separate the drawable from counter and set background to counter only.