Put XML in res folder /res/raw/kc.xml then use below mechanism Xml.parse(getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.kcXML), Xml.Encoding.UTF_8, root.getContentHandler());

  <Button android:id=”@+id/mapViewBtn” android:layout_width=”0dp” android:layout_height=”wrap_content” android:layout_weight=”1″ android:text=”test” <– add text to the button android:textSize=”12sp” android:onClick=”mapClick” android:drawableTop=”@drawable/btm_map_btn_small”   <– add icon on the top of the button style=”?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle” <– remove the border of the button />