Dont you have to wrap the text? like
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
On Jan 7, 12:57 am, Latha Shivanna <latha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am stuck in a very simple problem.
>
> I have one lengthy string & I need to draw that on the device display.
>
> My code is as follows:
>
> void ShowText(String text) {
> canv = thread.mSurfaceHolder.lockCanvas();
>
> if (text!= null) {
>
> canv.drawColor(Color.WHITE); //background
> color
> mPaint.setColor(Color.BLACK); //font color
> mPaint.setTextSize(15); //font size
>
> canv.drawText(text, 10, 200, mPaint);
> //startign at some
> (10,200) coordinates , dratext
> }
>
> unlockCanvasAndPost(canv);
> }
>
> But the problem here is, the string is going out of the screen. I want
> it to break down into multiple lines if it is too big for the screen
> width.
>
> Can anybody show me some example to do this?
>
> Thanks
> Latha
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