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I previously asked:
Is it possible to set the "Margin" and "Padding" in Android XML with just one line each.

... and according to @MikeM.'s comment, it seems like that is not possible to do with XML.

Now to the same question but with Java code instead:

Lets say you have an ImageView or a Button in an Andriod ConstraintLayout.

Is it possible to set the "Margin" & "Padding" properties just with one command each in Java code? E.g.

layoutParams.margin="15,25,20,10"
layoutParams.padding="1,2,3,4"

And in what order would the properties then come?

  • Top, Bottom, Left(Start), Right(End)?
  • Left(Start), Top, Right(End), Bottom?
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The answer to the other question is "no" unless you write a custom ViewGroup with a custom layout attribute. In general, when all sides are specified in the Android environment, the order of side specification is "left, top, right, bottom." I don't think this is a canonical order but it is my observation.

As for changing margins in Java where lp is the layout params for a view:

lp.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
view.setLayoutParams(lp);

See ViewGroup.LayoutParams.

For padding you can use View.setPadding:

view.setPadding(left, top, right, bottom)

Notice that margins are managed by ViewGroups and padding is managed by Views.

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