I am developing an math app where i need to strike the text with diagonal line,if i use strike-through-text the line appears horizontal ,i can't use draw-able because I am already using it for text view background
i tried even creating a diagonal line in drawable file with borders ,but no luck I can't do it. Is there anyway to achieve this?
I am attaching my text view background file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:thickness="0dp"
android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke android:width="3dp"
android:color="#4799E8"/>
<corners android:radius="5dp" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#ffffff"
android:endColor="#FFFFFF"
android:type="linear"
android:angle="270"/>
</shape>
You will have to create custom TextView
which can achieve this.
This answer will help you create it.
public class ObliqueStrikeTextView extends TextView
{
private int dividerColor;
private Paint paint;
public ObliqueStrikeTextView(Context context)
{
super(context);
init(context);
}
public ObliqueStrikeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
{
super(context, attrs);
init(context);
}
public ObliqueStrikeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
{
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init(context);
}
private void init(Context context)
{
Resources resources = context.getResources();
//replace with your color
dividerColor = resources.getColor(R.color.black);
paint = new Paint();
paint.setColor(dividerColor);
//replace with your desired width
paint.setStrokeWidth(resources.getDimension(R.dimen.vertical_divider_width));
}
@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
super.onDraw(canvas);
canvas.drawLine(0, getHeight(), getWidth(), 0, paint);
}
}
You can use it in a layout file by fully qualifying the view with your package, like this:
<your.package.name.ObliqueStrikeTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="1234567890"
android:textSize="20sp"/>
I just want to add a slight modification in @Nakul's answer which is that you don't need to define static dimension for the length of strike through, you can get the width of textview itself.
public class ObliqueStrikeTextView extends TextView
{
private int dividerColor;
private Paint paint;
public ObliqueStrikeTextView(Context context)
{
super(context);
init(context);
}
public ObliqueStrikeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
{
super(context, attrs);
init(context);
}
public ObliqueStrikeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
{
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
init(context);
}
private void init(Context context)
{
Resources resources = context.getResources();
//replace with your color
dividerColor = resources.getColor(R.color.black);
paint = new Paint();
paint.setColor(dividerColor);
//replace with your desired width
/*Modification*/
//Instead of providing static width you can pass the width of textview itself like this
paint.setStrokeWidth(this.getWidth());
}
@Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
super.onDraw(canvas);
canvas.drawLine(0, getHeight(), getWidth(), 0, paint);
}
}