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getText of the generated textview after applying custom fonts

I am developing an app where normal text is converted to braille text and later i want the converted text to be printed into a pdf.

Currently i have just converted text by using a custom font for braille

tvTo.setText(edFrom.getText().toString());
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "braille_outline.ttf");
tvTo.setTypeface(font);

Now, when i want to print this text i just did

String toPrint = tvTo.getText().toString();

But this results in normal text rather then the converted typeface font.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Solution

  • I don't know anything about generating a PDF. But I don't think a TextView will help you here. Instead, to draw your text directly to a bitmap, you can set a typeface on a Paint:

    TextPaint textPaint = new TextPaint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
textPaint.setTypeface(font);

    and then draw your text on a Canvas, if it is short:

    canvas.drawText(string, 0, 0, textPaint)

    If it's longer and you need the lines to wrap, use a StaticLayout and draw that to the canvas. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/StaticLayout.html