How to Add Margin in Android using Jetpack Compose?

Last Updated : 20 Apr, 2022

In Android, Padding is used to offset the content of the view by a specific number of pixels from either direction, i.e., padding from left, right, top and bottom. Using Padding, we can create multiple borders to a view by applying a combination of multiple padding and border.

Add Margin in Android using Jetpack Compose

So in this article, we will show you how you could apply multiple borders using padding in Android using Jetpack Compose. Follow the below steps once the IDE is ready.

Step by Step Implementation

Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio

To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. While choosing the template, select Empty Compose Activity. If you do not find this template, try upgrading the Android Studio to the latest version. We demonstrated the application in Kotlin, so make sure you select Kotlin as the primary language while creating a New Project.

Step 2: Working with the MainActivity.kt file

Go to the MainActivity.kt file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.kt file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.

Kotlin

package com.geeksforgeeks.jcmultipadding 
  
import android.os.Bundle 
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity 
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent 
import androidx.compose.foundation.border 
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement 
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column 
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize 
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding 
import androidx.compose.material.* 
import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment 
import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier 
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color 
import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp 
import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp 
  
class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() { 
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { 
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) 
        setContent { 
  
            // Creating a Simple Scaffold  
            // Layout for the application 
            Scaffold( 
  
                // Creating a Top Bar 
                topBar = { TopAppBar(title = { Text("GFG | Multi-Padding", color = Color.White) }, backgroundColor = Color(0xff0f9d58)) }, 
  
                // Creating Content 
                content = { 
  
                    // Creating a Column Layout 
                    Column(Modifier.fillMaxSize(), horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally, verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center) { 
  
                        // Creating a Text with Multiple 
                        // padding and borders 
                        Text( 
                            text = "Hello Geek!", 
                            fontSize = 20.sp, 
                            modifier = Modifier 
                                .padding(8.dp) // margin 
                                .border(2.dp, Color.Black) // outer border 
                                .padding(8.dp) // space between the borders 
                                .border(2.dp, Color.Green) // inner border 
                                .padding(8.dp) // padding 
                        ) 
                    } 
                } 
            ) 
        } 
    } 
}