Android padding problem

:) I'm having the following problem: I have a view and i want to add borders to it. What I'm currently trying to do is to set padding to the view (padding from all the sides) and set background color to it which will fill the padding. The thing is that it seems to me that it's possible to set padding either only from top and left or from bottom and right but not fro开发者_高级运维m all of them together. I.e if i write

view.setPadding(border,border,border,border)

this will set padding only from top and left. In order to set padding from bottom and right I have to write:

view.setPadding(-border,-border,0,0)

which won't leave left and top padding and so on. If I try to use margin it moves the whole block(the view + the padding area), but not only the view, so this doesn't seem to work either. Any ideas on how to do it without having to use a wrapping layout? Thanks!

What exactly happens when you use the first example?

The four int parameters for setPadding() are for left, top, right, and bottom, respectively. So, calling setPadding(4, 5, 6, 7) should give you 4 pixels of space for the left edge, 5 for the top, 6 for the right, and 7 for the bottom. What result are you getting when you do this? Can you show a screenshot?

What is the content of your view? If it's an image or something similar, perhaps it's not being centered or scaled properly. Try calling setGravity(CENTER);.