Kent is right, the easy way is with TextView, but if you want the flexibility of placing your text and rectangle anywhere (like with a bouncing text+rectangle on the screen), then the Canvas class has drawText() and drawRect().
Yusuf Saib Android ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. On Aug 4, 11:41 pm, Kent <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know what you are trying to do, but if it's just simple layout > stuff you may be making life more difficult for yourself than > necessary. Try one of these things instead: > > a: use a textView and set it's background property (either to a color > #argb or to a drawable). This has limitations, but for a single text > item it should work fine. Depending on what you want, you can tweak > the layout_width/layout_height parameters to get pretty close. An .xml > example: > > <TextView > android:id = "@+id/text1" > android:background = "@+drawable/filename" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:text="@string/hello" > android:textSize = "12pt" > android:textStyle= "bold" > android:textColor= "#001" > /> > > b: use a layout(relativeLayout, etc) and set it's background/size then > put the textView or anything else you want into it. You could also > leave the background blank and put the drawable into the layout > directly. > > <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > android" > android:id = "@+id/container1" > android:background = "@+drawable/image" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:layout_marginTop="20dip" > android:layout_marginLeft="20dip" > > > <TextView > android:id = "@+id/text1" > android:text="@string/hello" > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" > android:layout_centerVertical="true" > /> > </RelativeLayout> > > There is an awful lot of flexibility, so without knowing what you are > after ... it's hard to say. Probably check the beginners forum > at:http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginnersand there will be a > lot more information on this sort of thing. > > Hope that helps. > > On Aug 4, 6:54 am, wr1472 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I have just started looking at developing for Google Android and want > > to draw a rectangle with some text in it that I then want to position > > where i want on screen. > > > I have got as far as drawing a rectangle on screen using a > > ShapeDrawable and RectShape I now want to put some text in the > > rectangle. How can I best do this? Should I be looking at somehow > > adding a textView to the RectShape? Or am i going down the the wrong > > avenue completely? > > > Some pointers would help greatly! > > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
