Tag Archives: Paint

Introduction to Android Canvas – Simple Example

By | December 17, 2016

The Canvas can be used to draw graphics in android. It provides methods to draw oval, rectangle, picture, text, line etc. The Paint class is used with canvas to draw objects. It holds the information of color and style. In this example, we will draw some 2D Shapes. We will create class that extends View… Read More »

How to draw Arcs in Android using canvas?

By | January 10, 2013

This is a simple example showing how to draw Arcs in android, You can use this to create piecharts or someother similar thing you want. Here we have 3 classes. 1. GraphicsActivity.java 2. MainActivity.java 3. PictureLayout.java GraphicsActivity.java PictureLayout.java MainActivity.java Download the complete source code from here.

How to align a text in Android Programatically?

By | August 6, 2011

This is a simple demo on aligning a text in Android. You can check out for more details at the developers site. This code explains how to write a String or text on a canvas and how to give it a custom font or inbuilt font programatically, change the color of the text or canvas… Read More »