layout margin for text view programmatically

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If I use xml file I have a option called layout_margin (for example layout_margin ="1dp" for text view ) but I want to set programmatically and I dont know how to do it.

Check out this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2481455/set-margins-in-a-linearlayout-programmatically — AkashG, Jul 16 '12 at 12:51
please look at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4814124/how-to-change-margin-of-textview — Hiral Vadodaria, Jul 16 '12 at 12:51
Please see this way at KOTLIN https://stackoverflow.com/a/72072222/12272687 — Mori, Apr 30 '22 at 21:15

Andro Selva · Answer 1 · 2012-07-16T12:58:06.640

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   LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams)textview.getLayoutParams();
     params.setMargins(20, 0, 0, 0); 
     textview.setLayoutParams(params);

edited Jul 16 '12 at 12:58

answered Jul 16 '12 at 12:52

Andro Selva

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '12 at 12:54

Please Google before adding your question to StackOverflow.

TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.my_text_view);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams)tv.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(0, 0, 10, 0); //substitute parameters for left, top, right, bottom
tv.setLayoutParams(params);

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 26 '15 at 05:54

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You can do by this:

TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);   
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params= new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);//pass int values for left,top,right,bottom
text.setLayoutParams(params);

edited Feb 26 '15 at 05:54

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answered Jul 16 '12 at 12:57

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I precise , its : params.setMargins(text.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);//pass int values for left,top,right,bottom params.setLayoutParams(params); – Bourdier Jonathan Nov 10 '14 at 20:59
I am getting api lvl 19 required for this – Lion789 Mar 23 '16 at 04:15

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '13 at 11:34

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Note, that not all LayoutParams has method setMargins();

RelativeLayout, LinearLayout etc has their own inner class LayoutParams, so availability of setMargins is not always available.

answered May 09 '13 at 11:34

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 16 '12 at 12:51

TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvId);   
LinearLayout.LayoutParams llp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
llp.setMargins(50, 0, 0, 0); // llp.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
tv.setLayoutParams(llp);

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 23 '22 at 20:19

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Try This: It worked...

LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new  LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
    );

 params.setMargins(0, 10, 0, 0);

firstName.setLayoutParams(params);

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answered May 18 '15 at 10:09

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I don't know if you have really tested it but as of 07.23 it is full of errors and you don't name variables starting with the capital letter. I don't recommend you nswering questions without really testing them – Vendetta8247 Jul 23 '15 at 16:20

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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You can use the setMargins() on the LinearLayout.LayoutParams. See the answer of this StackOverflow question for more information.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Jul 16 '12 at 12:52

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 13:08

        TextView tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.item_title));
        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams mRelativelp = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) tv
                    .getLayoutParams();
        mRelativelp.setMargins(DptoPxConvertion(15), 0, DptoPxConvertion (15), 0);
        tv.setLayoutParams(mRelativelp);

    private int DptoPxConvertion(int dpValue)
    {
       return (int)((dpValue * mContext.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density) + 0.5);
    }

getLayoutParams() of textview should be casted to the corresponding Params based on the Parent of the textview in xml.

<RelativeLayout>
   <TextView
    android:id="@+id/item_title">
</RelativeLayout>

If parent of the TextView is RelativeLayout means, then RelativeLayout.LayoutParams as above. If parent is LinearLayout means then

LinearLayout.LayoutParams mLinearlp = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) tv
                    .getLayoutParams();

To render the same real size on different devices use DptoPxConvertion() method which I have used above. setMargin(left,top,right,bottom) params will take values in pixel not in dp.

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