Android Compose Button Padding – Example

Android Compose – Button Padding

In this tutorial, we will learn how to set content padding for a Button in Android Compose.

To set content padding for the Button in Android Jetpack Compose, set contentPadding parameter with the required PaddingValues.

Button(contentPadding = PaddingValues(30.dp),)

Example

In this example, we have UI with a Button. The button has the text Submit. And we set padding for this Button to 30.dp on all sides.

Create a Project in Android Studio with empty compose activity template, and modify MainActivity.kt file as shown in the following.

MainActivity.kt

package com.example.myapplication

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.*
import androidx.compose.material.Button
import androidx.compose.material.Text
import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
import com.example.myapplication.ui.theme.MyApplicationTheme

class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContent {
            MyApplicationTheme {
                Column(
                    horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
                    modifier = Modifier
                        .padding(20.dp)
                        .fillMaxWidth()) {
                    val context = LocalContext.current
                    Button(
                        contentPadding = PaddingValues(30.dp),
                        onClick = {}
                    ) {
                        Text("Submit")
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Screenshot

Padding of 10.dp on all sides

Now, let us change the padding to 10.dp on all sides.

Button(
    contentPadding = PaddingValues(10.dp),
    onClick = {}
) {
    Text("Submit")
}

Padding of 10.dp on all left and right, and 5.dp on top and bottom

Now, let us change the padding to 10.dp on all sides.

Button(
    contentPadding = PaddingValues(horizontal = 50.dp, vertical = 5.dp),
    onClick = {}
) {
    Text("Submit")
}

Conclusion

In this Android Jetpack Compose Tutorial, we learned how to set content padding for a Button using contentPadding parameter.