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VR.Naresh
VR.Naresh

Reputation: 299

How to align text center to left on canvas Android

I am developing Photography apps, and for that I am using this code:

Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bmOverlay);
TextPaint paint = new TextPaint();
paint.setColor(Color.RED);
paint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
paint.setTextSize(50);
paint.setFlags(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
// if the background image is defined in main.xml, omit this line
canvas.drawBitmap(mBitmap, 0, 0, null);
int left = measureTextWidth(paint, InstaTextActivity.CurrentWord);
int top = measureTextHeight(paint, InstaTextActivity.CurrentWord);

left = mBitmap.getWidth() / 2 - InstaTextActivity.textCount / 2;
top = mBitmap.getHeight() / 2 - InstaTextActivity.textCount / 2;
StaticLayout layout = new StaticLayout(InstaTextActivity.CurrentWord, paint, total,
 android.text.Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_NORMAL, (float) 1.0, (float) 0.0, true);
//canvas.save();
canvas.translate(left, top);
layout.draw(canvas);
//canvas.restore();

In this code I am using paint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER). It aligns to centre, but text doesn't align center to left, instead it aligns centre to right. Also, what is the proper way to align text on canvas?

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But I want

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Upvotes: 3

Views: 5094

Answers (1)

r2DoesInc
r2DoesInc

Reputation: 3771

Im using

StaticLayout mTextLayout = new StaticLayout(text, mTextPaint,
                canvas.getWidth(), Alignment.ALIGN_NORMAL, 1.0f, 0.0f,
                false);
canvas.translate((canvas.getWidth() / 2) - (mTextLayout.getWidth() / 2), (canvas.getHeight() / 2) - ((mTextLayout.getHeight() / 2)));

to center my multi line text on a canvas

Upvotes: 6

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