> > You can emulate stroked text by setting the Shadow Color (stroke color) > and Shadow Radius (stroke width) but leaving the Shadow Dx and Dy as zero. >
Oh, good idea! If that gives the results he wants then he wouldn't need to subclass Button at all... Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Nick Fedesna <[email protected]> wrote: > You can emulate stroked text by setting the Shadow Color (stroke color) > and Shadow Radius (stroke width) but leaving the Shadow Dx and Dy as zero. > > -Nick > > > On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 1:31:41 PM UTC-5, MagouyaWare wrote: >> >> There really is no way for adding a stroke to text... I believe you asked >> about that in another post. To do that you would need to subclass >> Button... And then you would need to do a whole lot of work in the onDraw() >> method. I don't know if that would be worth the effort. >> >> Even if you decide it is worth the effort, don't do anything in the >> subclass relating to the background of the button... just the text. >> >> Thanks, >> Justin Anderson >> MagouyaWare Developer >> http://sites.google.com/site/**magouyaware<http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:57 AM, bob <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The text. >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:14:28 AM UTC-5, MagouyaWare wrote: >>>> >>>> Stroking for what? The button or the text? >>>> On Jul 24, 2012 7:58 AM, "bob" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> And to achieve stroking? >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, July 23, 2012 3:59:05 PM UTC-5, Nobu Games wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Why don't you just create a state list drawable based on 9-patch >>>>>> images instead of hacking redundant drawing operations into the Button >>>>>> widget? >>>>>> >>>>>> For each button state (normal, selected, pressed...) you can create a >>>>>> custom PNG graphics file. Use the >>>>>> draw9patch<http://developer.android.com/tools/help/draw9patch.html>app >>>>>> for converting them into 9 patch files. Create a state >>>>>> list XML resource >>>>>> file<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#StateList>in >>>>>> your res/drawables folder. >>>>>> >>>>>> Set that state list resource as background drawable resource on your >>>>>> button to customize its looks. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you want to make the label text look fancy, then you can play >>>>>> around with text >>>>>> shadow<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:shadowColor>style >>>>>> properties. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, July 23, 2012 3:32:45 PM UTC-5, bob wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had to do this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> android:background="@null" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, July 23, 2012 1:02:40 PM UTC-5, bob wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, I'm making my own button class to have better-looking buttons. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I subclassed Button, and put this in: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> @Override >>>>>>>> protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { >>>>>>>> String s = (String) this.getText(); >>>>>>>> int w = this.getWidth(); >>>>>>>> int h = this.getHeight(); >>>>>>>> Button_Painter.paint_button(s, canvas, w, h); >>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The issue is that this grey rectangle still gets drawn like so: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://postimage.org/image/**rhs****1omfql/<http://postimage.org/image/rhs1omfql/> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In other words, part of the old drawing is still going on. 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