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androidxmlshapes
Gautam
Gautam

Reputation: 7958

Composite XML Shapes

Is it possible to create a composite XML consisting of a combination of shapes? Essentially I want to create an arrow using xml shapes -- is it possible?

If so, what's the best approach?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 430

Answers (1)

Taranfx
Taranfx

Reputation: 10447

I'm assuming you're drawing that shape on a Canvas. You can do it in XML but it would become pretty hard to maintain.

Here is a simpler solution in Java code

Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
paint.setStrokeWidth(2);
paint.setColor(BLACK);
Path path = new Path();
path.moveTo(0, -10);
path.lineTo(5, 0);
path.lineTo(-5, 0);
path.close();
path.offset(10, 40);
canvas.drawPath(path, paint);
path.offset(50, 100);
canvas.drawPath(path, paint);
// offset is cumlative
// next draw displaces 50,100 from previous
path.offset(50, 100);
canvas.drawPath(path, paint);

If you want even more simpler solution, use a bitmap and use Matrix to rotate it in order to point in a specific direction

ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.bitmap_image);
Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.test);
Matrix mat = new Matrix();
mat.postRotate(90);
Bitmap bMapRotate = Bitmap.createBitmap(bMap, 0, 0, bMap.getWidth(), bMap.getHeight(), mat, true);
image.setImageBitmap(bMapRotate);

Upvotes: 1

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