Android Text over image

Question

I have an imageView with an image, over that image I want to place a text. How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

Try the below code this will help you`

  <RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="150dp">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:src="@drawable/gallery1"/>


    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:background="#7ad7d7d7"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Juneja Art Gallery"
        android:textColor="#000000"
        android:textSize="15sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 2

That is how I did it and it worked exactly as you asked for inside a RelativeLayout:

<RelativeLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/relativelayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/myImageView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/myImageSouce" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/myImageViewText"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_alignTop="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_alignRight="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_margin="1dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Hello"
        android:textColor="#000000" />

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 3

For this you can use only one TextView with android:drawableLeft/Right/Top/Bottom to position a Image to the TextView. Furthermore you can use some padding between the TextView and the drawable with android:drawablePadding=""

Use it like this:

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textAndImage"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"

    android:drawableBottom="@drawable/yourDrawable"
    android:drawablePadding="10dp" 
    android:text="Look at the drawable below"/>

With this you don't need an extra ImageView. It's also possible to use two drawables on more than one side of the TextView.

The only problem you will face by using this, is that the drawable can't be scaled the way of an ImageView.

Answer 4

You can use a TextView and change its background to the image you want to use

Answer 5

There are many ways. You use RelativeLayout or AbsoluteLayout.

With relative, you can have the image align with parent on the left side for example and also have the text align to the parent left too... then you can use margins and padding and gravity on the text view to get it lined where you want over the image.

Answer 6

You want to use a FrameLayout or a Merge layout to achieve this. Android dev guide has a great example of this here: Android Layout Tricks #3: Optimize by merging.