<TextView
    android:id="@+id/user_text"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:textColor="@android:color/black"
    android:textSize="18sp"
    android:elevation="20dp"
    android:paddingBottom="120dp" />
  .    <--- that is supposed to represent that there's other non-relevant code in between
  .
  .

<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@+id/move_Group"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:visibility="visible"
    android:gravity="center">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/move_left"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@mipmap/arrow"
        android:rotation="-90"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:onClick="moveLeft"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/move_up"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/move_left"
        android:background="@mipmap/arrow"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:onClick="moveUp"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/move_down"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/move_up"
        android:background="@mipmap/arrow"
        android:rotation="180"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:onClick="moveDown"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/move_right"
        android:layout_width="50dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/move_down"
        android:background="@mipmap/arrow"
        android:rotation="90"
        android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
        android:onClick="moveRight"/>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/move"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="MOVE"
        android:textSize="20sp"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/move_right"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"/>

</RelativeLayout>

TextView user_text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.user_text);
.
.
.
public void moveLeft(View view)
{
    user_text.setX(userX + 10);
}

public void moveUp(View view)
{
    user_text.setY(userY + 10);
}

public void moveDown(View view)
{
    user_text.setY(userY - 10);
}

public void moveRight(View view)
{
    user_text.setX(userX - 10);
}