Dunno if this is the best way to do it but I do it like this.

Rect bounds = new Rect();
textPaint.getTextBounds(string, 0, string.length(), bounds);
return bounds.width();

On 4 Sep, 00:25, hap 497 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you. But how can i specify a certain TextAppearance before
> calling Paint.getTextWidths()?
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:19 PM, greg<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Have you read about Paint.getTextWidths()?
>
> > On Sep 3, 5:15 pm, hap 497 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> Is there any api to find out the width of a string when rendered using
> >> a certain text appearance?
>
> >> For example, I want to find out how long is the width if I render a
> >> string 'hello world'  using "?android:attr/textAppearanceLargeInverse"
> >> programatically in Java Code.
>
> >> Thank you.

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