Wrap text on Canvas in J2ME

Question

Hi frnds, I'm going to develop j2me application I want to know, how i can wrap text on canvas according to screen width size in J2ME.

Thanks Neel

Answer 1

You need to calculate the width of the string to be drawn yourself and start a new line (split the string) each time you reach the max width of the canvas.

void paint(Graphics _g) {
  String t = "text to draw";
  int px_consumed = _g.getFont().substringWidth(t, 0, t.length())}
}

Answer 2

Check out ScrollableTextField in Forum Nokia http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/File:ScrollableTextField.zip