Get the size of a text in TextView

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Imotep picture Imotep · Jul 18, 2011 · Viewed 48.1k times · Source

I have a problem placing a textView at specified center's x and y coordinates. Firstly, I tried to set the text in the textView, and to move the view with the width and the height of the view from this link.

But it doesn't work, and I'd like to try something else. I'd like to know if there is a method to get the size which a specified text will take in my textView? I mean, I know the text and the textSize, how can I get the width and the height my textView will take?

Something like the method (NSString)sizeWithFont; for those who know iPhone dev.

Answer

Midverse Engineer picture Midverse Engineer · May 29, 2014 
Rect bounds = new Rect();

textView.getPaint().getTextBounds(textView.getText().toString(), 0, textView.getText().length(), bounds);

bounds.width() will give you the accurate width of the text in the Text View.

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