Get space between text and bound of TextView

Question

I'm trying to get the distance between the text and the left side of a TextView. It uses the property android:gravity="center".

I want to get the distance of the red bar (this red bar is not a part of the layout) to center the blue button. What should I do? The dark area represents the bounds of the TextView.

I don't want to use a compoundDrawable because this view will change the color of the button randomly.

The code of the view (written in Kotlin):

class BallTextView: TextView {

  private lateinit var ballPaint : Paint
  private var ballRadius : Float = 10f
  private var ballColor : Int = Color.BLACK

  constructor(ctx: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) : super(ctx, attrs) {
    initializeAttributes(attrs)
    configBall()
  }

  override fun onDraw(canvas: Canvas) {
    canvas.drawCircle(ballRadius, height.toFloat()/2, ballRadius, ballPaint)
    super.onDraw(canvas)
  }

  fun configBall() {
    ballPaint = Paint()
    ballPaint.isAntiAlias = true
    ballPaint.color = ballColor
  }

  fun initializeAttributes(attrs: AttributeSet) {
    val attributes = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.ball_textview)
    ballRadius = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,
        attributes.getFloat(R.styleable.ball_textview_ball_radius, ballRadius),
        context.resources.displayMetrics)
    ballColor = attributes.getColor(R.styleable.ball_textview_ball_color, ballColor)
  }

}

Thanks.

Check out the `getLineBounds()` method. The `Rect` you pass as the second argument will have the horizontal inset as its `left` field value after the call. — Mike M., May 14 '16 at 02:32
@MikeM.Do you know any way to get the canvas of the TextView? — Pedro Paulo Amorim, May 14 '16 at 02:36
I understand your point. I'm working to test this implementation :) — Pedro Paulo Amorim, May 14 '16 at 02:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '16 at 02:59

The TextView#getLineBounds(int, Rect) method is what you want.

The first parameter is the zero-based line number, and the second is a Rect object that will hold the bounds values of the given line after the call. The left field of the Rect will have the horizontal inset of the line, which you can use with the radius of your drawn circle to figure its center's x coordinate.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '16 at 03:52

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My another solution was:

  override fun onDraw(canvas: Canvas) {
    if (xPosition == 0f) {
      xPosition = (width - paint.measureText(text.toString())) / 3
    }
    canvas.drawCircle(xPosition, height.toFloat()/2, ballRadius, ballPaint)
    super.onDraw(canvas)
  }

@MikeM. What do you think about this approach?

answered May 14 '16 at 03:52

Pedro Paulo Amorim

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Oh, hey. Yeah, whatever works for ya. I'm not sure why you divide the difference by 3, though, but I assume it's just fine-tuning for your use case. Just FYI, the @username thing doesn't work in answers, just in comments. Anyhoo, glad you got it working. Cheers! – Mike M. Jun 28 '16 at 14:00

Get space between text and bound of TextView

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