How do I draw bold text on a Bitmap?

Question

I want a Bitmap icon with bold text to draw it on map. I have a snippet to write text on image:

Bitmap icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(PropertyMapList.this.getResources(),
        R.drawable.location_mark);
TextPaint paint = new TextPaint();
paint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
paint.setTextSize(14);
paint.setFakeBoldText(true);
//paint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
Bitmap copy = icon.copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true); 
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(copy);
//canvas.drawText(jsonObj.getString("district_name"), 5, canvas.getHeight()/2, paint);
String districtName = jsonObj.getString("district_name");
StaticLayout layout = new StaticLayout((districtName.length()>25 ? districtName.substring(0, 24)+"..":districtName)+"\n"+jsonObj.getString("total_properties"), paint, canvas.getWidth()-10,Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_CENTER, 1.3f, 0, false);
canvas.translate(5, canvas.getHeight()/2); //position the text
layout.draw(canvas);

setFakeBoldText(true) doesn't work for me. I would like the text drawn on the Bitmap to be bolded.

Answer 1

Use the setTypeface method on your Paint object to set the font to something with the bold style turned on.

paint.setTypeface(Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT, Typeface.BOLD));