It's exactly what you need. Note that with software rendering you can create clipping regions (i.e. non-rectangular clipping areas) but with the hardware accelerated 2D pipeline in 3.0 you are restricted to rectangles.
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Mark Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > What I mean is I want a tool that can define a certain area, so that all > drawing is restricted to that area. It sounds like this is what I need. > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> What do you mean by "select a certain area"? What are you trying to >> accomplish? Setting the clip on a Canvas lets you restrict drawing to a >> particular area. For instance, if the clip rectangle is 100,100,200,200, a >> point drawn at 300,300 (outside of the clip) will not appear on screen. >> >> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Mark Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sorry if this is obvious, but I can't tell from the documentation what >>> the various Canvas.clipWhatever methods do. I'm looking for a method that >>> will allow me to select a certain area, hopefully somewhat like Photoshop, >>> and I'm wondering if this is what I've been looking for. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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 -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] -- 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
