View to display a true type font via Canvas
Description
The following code shows how to View to display a true type font via Canvas.
Example
Main Activity Java code
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.view.View;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
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public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
ShapesAndTextFontView view = new ShapesAndTextFontView(this);
view.setText("256 byte Style");
setContentView(view);
}
}
class ShapesAndTextFontView extends View {
private Paint paint;
private Typeface font;
private String text;
public ShapesAndTextFontView(Context context) {
super(context);
// Loading up the font
font = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "256bytes.ttf");
}
public void setText(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
canvas.drawRGB(0, 0, 0);
drawText(canvas);
}
private void drawText(Canvas canvas) {
paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
paint.setTextSize(40);
paint.setTypeface(font);
canvas.drawText(text, 60, 300, paint);
}
}