I started a test project just to get this down. No changes to main.xml. I want to create a widget-sized ImageView (80x100) that contains a Bitmap converted from a TextView. Yes, that sounds very roundabout but this is just for testing; in the end I want the ImageView to have a background image and multiple TextViews. I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong, but nothing is being pushed to the screen.
Is it a problem with declaring the TextView/ImageView and passing it "this" in the constructor? Is it a problem with my layoutParams? Here is the code:
package com.doaf.testproject;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class TestProject extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(80, 100);
tv.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
tv.setText("testing 1 2 3");
tv.setTextColor(0xFFFFFF);
tv.setBackgroundColor(0x555555);
Bitmap testB;
testB = loadBitmapFromView(tv);
ImageView iv = new ImageView(this);
iv.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
iv.setBackgroundColor(0x555555);
iv.setImageBitmap(testB);
setContentView(iv);
}
public static Bitmap loadBitmapFromView(View v) {
Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(80, 100, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
v.layout(0, 0, 80, 100);
v.draw(c);
return b;
}
}
Thanks for any help you can provide. I'm relatively new to Android, and pretty lost with this one.
I believe its taking up the whole screen because you don't have a container such as a Linear Layout which then contains an ImageView with layout constraints, so the ImageView expands to fill the available screen. Try this:
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(80, 100);
tv.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
tv.setText("testing 1 2 3");
tv.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
tv.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
Bitmap testB;
testB = Bitmap.createBitmap(80, 100, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(testB);
tv.layout(0, 0, 80, 100);
tv.draw(c);
ImageView iv = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.menuIcon);
iv.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
iv.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY);
iv.setImageBitmap(testB);
iv.setMaxHeight(80);
iv.setMaxWidth(80);
}
And in your main.xml file:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ImageView android:id="@+id/menuIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
I'm not sure what you want to achieve, but I'm sure there are more efficient ways of approaching it.
Quick modification of the code, try this and see if it's what you want to archieve:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
TextView tv = new TextView(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(80, 100);
tv.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
tv.setText("testing 1 2 3");
tv.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
tv.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
Bitmap testB;
testB = Bitmap.createBitmap(80, 100, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas c = new Canvas(testB);
tv.layout(0, 0, 80, 100);
tv.draw(c);
ImageView iv = new ImageView(this);
iv.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
iv.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY);
iv.setImageBitmap(testB);
setContentView(iv);
}
Your TextView needs to be measured (call measure()) and laid out (call layout()) before you can draw it. You are doing neither.