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Measuring text width to be drawn on Canvas ( Android )

Hi all!

Is there a method which returns the width ( in pixels ) of a text to be drawn on an Android canvas using the drawText() method according to the Paint used to draw it.

Thx.

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Have you looked at android.graphics.Paint.measureText(String txt)?

Marc Bernstein  2010-07-15 16:02:40
Thanks this is it! I don't know why I skipped it.The purpose was to simply draw a text at the center of the screen.Anyway I just realized I could also have just used setTextAlign(Align.CENTER) on the Paint used to draw the text, it shifts the specified origin to the center of the drawn text.Thanks.
NioX5199  2010-07-15 16:17:44

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