Draw icon beside text, using XML.

We can assign android:drawableLeft, drawableTop, drawableRight and drawableBottom to draw drawable icon beside text. Here show how to draw icon on right of text inside TextView and Button, using XML.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello_world" />
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true"
        android:ellipsize="marquee"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit ="marquee_forever"
        android:focusable="true"
        android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
        android:text="Hello AndroidCoding: http://lesapplication.blogspot.com/" 
        android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>
    <Button
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:text="Button with icon"/>

</LinearLayout>

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