I had planned to look into fixing this (since I broke it), but it occurs to me that this menu might be slated for significant overhaul, in which case I can just wait for whoever's doing that to rejigger layout, hopefully in such a way as to fix this issue. +tdanderson, do you know the status of this menu/these rows? Should I look into fixing it or is a major rewrite imminent?

Your assumption is correct, the layout of these rows for MD is being addressed as part of a massive overhaul (in progress by Ben). I wouldn't bother spending any time on this; it should be fixed for free once the overhaul is complete.

For the record Evan, you can assume the image view has been allocated the correct space (48 x 48) to be laid out within.

then I think this fixes itself, does it not?

It does if what you said prior is true: "All different badge variations will be returned with the exact same size and centered on the primary icon."

yep

seems it's fixed

Re #10, strange, what would have fixed this? I thought a proper fix involved being able to know about the badge layout relative to the base icon.

"the image view has been allocated the correct space (48 x 48) to be laid out within."

the network icons are 16dp wide when not badged and 22dp wide when badged (16 in the middle and 3 padding on either side). In either case they're centered in the 48dp square, so it matters not whether there's a badge. Before Ben's changes they were not centered in a 48dp space but had some fixed padding to the left.