I want to draw a black stroke on my text in Android.
I have seen this example: How do you draw text with a border on a MapView in Android?
Where the solution overrides onDraw() to create the stroke.
The problem is, I'm still relatively starting out in Android, and I have no idea how to transition to using that solution.
In my onCreate I set the text typeface (it's custom):
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
requestWindowFeatures();
// Set content view and component listeners
setContentView(R.layout.meme_maker);
setListeners();
context = this;
Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Impact.ttf");
TextView mmt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.meme_maker_title);
TextView ttc = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.top_text_canvas);
TextView tbc = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.bottom_text_canvas);
ttc.setTypeface(tf);
tbc.setTypeface(tf);
mmt.setTypeface(tf);
}
And I have an onClickListener where I change the text content of the TextView, based on the user writing the text he/she wants in a TextEntry and clicking a button afterwards.
ImageView ii = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.insert_image);
ii.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
EditText tt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.top_text_text);
EditText bt = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.bottom_text_text);
TextView ttc = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.top_text_canvas);
TextView btc = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.bottom_text_canvas);
ttc.setText(tt.getText().toString().toUpperCase());
btc.setText(bt.getText().toString().toUpperCase());
}
});
It's pretty straightforward so far. My question is: how to insert the stroke of the text? Where? Do I need to create a Canvas and Paint objects?