Question

I have a button that on certain phones is too hard to click because of its size.

But making it bigger breaks layout.

It is possible to explain to a view that it has a bigger “click box” than its visible area?

Answer 1

Not sure if this can help:

If you use an ImageButton with no background and you set a Padding value, your button will have a larger clickable area.

<ImageButton android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:src="@drawable/img_close" android:id="@+id/btnClose" 
    android:padding="25dip" android:background="#0000"></ImageButton>