Using drawText with an array

Question

I was wondering is it possible to use drawText with an array so that it doesn't place each word onto of the other?

 for(int count =0; count<2; count++)
    {
        canvas.drawText(words[count], x, y, paint);

    }//for

thomasd · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-14 21:37:31Z

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You need to change x or y, so:

for (int count = 0; count < words.length; count++) {
  canvas.drawText(words[count], x + 10 * count, y, paint);
}

Here, word[0] would be drawn at (x, y) and word[1] would be drawn at (x + 10, y). This isn't very robust, however; it assumes that all words are 10 px wide.

answered Jun 14, 2013 at 21:37

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2 Comments

kabuto178 Over a year ago

Great for basic concept and explanation. Depending on the length of each word in the array x or y values can be incremented.

Kevin Coppock Over a year ago

There's also a measureText(String) method on Paint that should help, e.g. x += paint.measureText(words[count]);

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