If you have the paint paint.measureText works pretty well :) - Dan
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Shaka <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

