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Luis Torres
Luis Torres

Reputation: 49

Libgdx How Do I display Text?

Ok I have been searching so long for this, and I can never seem to find a good solution for my problem. I know that the TextArea class in libgdx is used for user input. People use it so that user can input multiple lines of a String. I need something like a TextArea that does the opposite. I want to display text to the user in a specific area for (Just like the text area), but I want it to be in some sort of window within my game (kinda like a table or a dialog box only without prompting the user for input). Can ANYONE help me with this? or is this something I just have to make from scratch?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6722

Answers (2)

manabreak
manabreak

Reputation: 5597

You can use the Label class and set a background drawable in the LabelStyle:

Label.LabelStyle style = new LabelStyle();
style.background = ...; // Set the drawable you want to use

Label label = new Label("Text here", style);

Upvotes: 1

SkyWalker
SkyWalker

Reputation: 29150

Using gdxVersion = '1.4.1' (built with gradle in Android Studio) that code draws text successfully:

BitmapFont font = new BitmapFont(); //or use alex answer to use custom font

public void render( float dt )
  {
    batch.setProjectionMatrix(camera.combined); //or your matrix to draw GAME WORLD, not UI

    batch.begin();
    //draw background, objects, etc.
    for( View view: views )
    {
      view.draw(batch, dt);
    }

    font.draw(batch, "Hello World!", 10, 10);
    batch.end();
  }

Credit goes to @Deepscorn

For more you can go through this tutorials:

  1. Libgdx tutorial for simply display the words Hello World on screen.
  2. How can I draw text using Libgdx/Java?
  3. libGDX - Add scores & display it at top left corner of the screen?

Upvotes: 1

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