Ok, thanks. I was thinking sublcassing TextView was somewhat heavy handed for such a seemingly simple thing but barring any alternatives it will do.
On Apr 2, 3:38 am, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > You can simply use the onSizeChanged() method when you subclass TextView. > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:38 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have a TextView whereby the text size is scaled to fill as much > > space as possible (I'm basically doing this by repeatedly calling a > > Paint#getTextBounds() of the text until it is larger than the > > TextView#getWidth(), if there is an easier way I would love to hear > > it). I want the text to scale to fit if the TextView changes size. > > > I'm just wondering what the best way to do this is? I can't figure out > > exactly when in an Activity lifecycle we know for sure the layout is > > setup - when I call TextView#getWidth() in the Activity#onResume(), it > > is 0. From what I've read I should be looking at the View#onSizeChanged > > () method. > > > I'm not sure how to use this however. Should I be subclassing the > > TextView to add my own setOnSizeChangedListener where I can update my > > various TextViews? Or is there another established pattern for this? > > > cheers > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" 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-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
