Question

I have 5 buttons having a 9 patch image set as its background.
but text in those buttons gets cut from below.
i was previously using another image with slightly more pixels in height.
that worked perfectly but i want to use this image now.
my previous image was 185 X 46
and current image is 185 X 41.

should it make any defference afterall they are 9patch.they should stretch accordingly.
Please have a look at this screenshot.Thanks.

this is xml code for my button

               <Button
                android:id="@+id/SplBtn"
                style="@style/shadowed_button"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="40dip"
                android:text="@string/monthlyspecialsStr" />

and this is style for those buttons.

<style name="shadowed_button">
        <item name="android:textSize">15sp</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@drawable/button_textcolor_selector</item>
        <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:paddingRight">5dip</item>
        <item name="android:shadowColor">@color/black</item>
        <item name="android:shadowDx">0</item>
        <item name="android:shadowDy">-1</item>
        <item name="android:shadowRadius">1.5</item>
        <item  name="android:background">@drawable/button_background_selector_arrow</item>
        <item name="android:gravity">left|center_vertical</item>
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">40dip</item>
    </style>

Answer 1

The problem is your 9 patch coordination points.Lets extends the vertical and horizontal points to be full extent in your 9 patch image.