Centering the TextView's text vertically in relation to its drawableLeft image

I have this component:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/item_name"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:drawableLeft="@drawable/icon" />

The image in the drawableLeft attribute is bigger than the font of the text, so I want the text centered vertically in relation to the image. How can I get this effect?

You want "gravity" note this is not to be confused with layout gravity, layout gravity moves the entire textview, while gravity moves the text within the text view.

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/item_name"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:drawableStart="@drawable/icon"
    android:gravity="center_vertical" />

In addition to setting the gravity, this can also help with alignment in some situations by reducing paddings on the top and bottom of the textview, which can be unequal:

android:includeFontPadding="false"

If you don't care about text accents, just try android:includeFontPadding="false".This will remove extra top and bottom padding of TextView. As to android:gravity="center_vertical", it has no effect on my code.

You should place both the Drawable and the TextView inside a RelativeLayout and use the layout_alignBaseline attribute on your TextView.

You could also place just the two items, Drawable and TextView inside a LinearLayout with a horizontal orientation and layout_height="wrap_content" and use layout_gravity="center_vertical" on your TextView.