How to align drawableLeft to top instead center in android TextView?

Question

In TextView I set drawableLeft where the drawable is showing from center. I need to align the drawableLeft with top inside TextView like this image.

Is it possible to achieve this?

Answer 1

Use SpannableString and ImageSpan to achieve this.

String msg=" "+"haii"; ImageSpan mImageSpan== new ImageSpan(mContext, R.drawable.icon); SpannableString text = new SpannableString(msg); text.setSpan(mImageSpan, 0, 1, 0); mTextView.setText(text); 

the extra space in the string variable is replaced by the icon.