Custom onDraw() method not called

Question

<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/svLL" android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <ScrollView android:id="@+id/sv"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <!--
            <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="@string/scrollbar_2_text" />
        -->
        <com.mypackage.MyDrawableView
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    </ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

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public class MyDrawableView extends View {

    Context thisContext;

    public MyDrawableView(Context context, AttributeSet attr) {
        super(context);
        thisContext = context;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        super.onDraw(canvas);

        final Paint paint = new Paint();
        paint.setColor(Color.BLUE);
        paint.setTextSize(12);
        canvas.drawText("Blah blah", 0, 100, paint);
    }
}

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public class MyActivity extends Activity {
    // Your member variable declaration here
    // Called when the activity is first created.
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Your code here super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.xmllayout);
        LinearLayout svll = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.svLL);
        svll.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(300, 300));
    }

} 

I am putting a breakpoint, but breakpoint is never hit inside onDraw() method, what's wrong ?

Answer 1

Add setWillNotDraw(false) in MyDrawableView constructor. Original answer is here.