How to draw circle by canvas in Android?

Question

I want to draw circle by canvas. Here is my code:

[MyActivity.java]:

public class MyActivity extends Activity 
{
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
   {
      ...
      setContentView(new View(this,w,h));
   }
        
}

[View.java]:

public class View extends SurfaceView
{
    public View(Context context, int w, int h)
    {
        super(context);
        Canvas grid = new Canvas(Bitmap.createBitmap(h,w, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888));
        grid. drawColor(Color.WHITE);
        Paint paint = new Paint();
        paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
        grid.drawCircle(w/2, h/2 , w/2, paint);
    }
}

So I have just black screen without circle. Why it does not work? How to fix it?

Answer 1

You can override the onDraw method of your view and draw the circle.

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

 canvas.drawCircle(x, y, radius, paint);

}

For a better reference on drawing custom views check out the official Android documentation.

http://developer.android.com/training/custom-views/custom-drawing.html