How to get the absolute location of the visual part of a button?









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I want to place a gray cube exactly on the top and left edges of a button. Problem is that the view the button is in is bigger than the actual button visual:



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so I end up with this:



enter image description here



And btw this is already after taking into account the status and actionbar height.










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    I want to place a gray cube exactly on the top and left edges of a button. Problem is that the view the button is in is bigger than the actual button visual:



    enter image description here



    so I end up with this:



    enter image description here



    And btw this is already after taking into account the status and actionbar height.










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      I want to place a gray cube exactly on the top and left edges of a button. Problem is that the view the button is in is bigger than the actual button visual:



      enter image description here



      so I end up with this:



      enter image description here



      And btw this is already after taking into account the status and actionbar height.










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      I want to place a gray cube exactly on the top and left edges of a button. Problem is that the view the button is in is bigger than the actual button visual:



      enter image description here



      so I end up with this:



      enter image description here



      And btw this is already after taking into account the status and actionbar height.







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