Would like to point out this method, which measures text, and stops as
soon as measured-so-far text width exceeds a supplied limit:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Paint.html#breakText(java.lang.CharSequence,
int, int, boolean, float, float[])
Use this instead of
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From: HippoMan hippo.mail...@gmail.com
To: Android Developers android-developers@googlegroups.com
Sent: Fri, Dec 17, 2010 23:34:05 GMT+00:00
Subject: [android-developers] Re: Determining in advance how much text will fit
into a given TextView?
On Dec 18, 4:54 am, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote:
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Use this instead of measureText, to avoid calculating width for the same
text over and over again (from current position to the end of the string).
Thank you very much.
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Yes, but I can only apply this math if I know how the text will be
word-wrapped. This means that I have to word-wrap it myself and then
do the calculations.
The problem with this is that I may not wrap the text the same way
that the TextView (or other subsidiary object) wraps it.
I'm sure I can
From a Google UI engineer:
http://www.pushing-pixels.org/2010/12/16/meet-the-green-goblin-part-4.html
On 17 December 2010 23:33, HippoMan hippo.mail...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but I can only apply this math if I know how the text will be
word-wrapped. This means that I have to word-wrap it myself
Thank you!
Now I think I more or less understand the basic principles that are
outlined in that article, and I'm pretty sure that I'll fill in any
remaining gaps in my knowledge as I dig in and apply these principles
to my own case.
I'll post my results or any questions I might have if I hit any
I've already looked at the TextView source, as well as the source of
the Paint object and other objects. I haven't been able to find
anywhere where the data I'm looking for is stored, or at least
returnable. But there are many android objects to look through, and as
I mentioned, I'm trying to
PS: Is there perhaps a better object to use for this purpose than a
TextView?
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Well you should be able to get the metrics of the font and the size of
the textview... if you can get all that, then some quick math should
tell you how many lines will fit in the view.
- Brill Pappin
On Dec 14, 12:36 pm, HippoMan hippo.mail...@gmail.com wrote:
I've already looked at the
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