Hey everyone! I'm using `Canvas` and I'm trying t...

# compose

[Ahmed Mourad]

Hey everyone!

I'm using Canvas and I'm trying to draw text inside a "balloon", but DrawScope doesn't seem to have a drawText method, the only way to draw text seems to be:

drawIntoCanvas { 
    it.nativeCanvas.drawText(...)
}

Which is buried deep enough that it's probably bad to use.

What are the alternatives to this? I also need to have the dimensions of the drawn text in order to wrap the "balloon" around it.

[Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]]

https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/MultiParagraph#paint

[Ahmed Mourad]

That's what I needed, thank you!

[Dominaezzz]

Ah nice, didn't know when they added that.

[Piotr Prus]

I do not get it. Hos this help in this situation? Could you share some code example with MultiParagraph, so I get for what i can use it? 🙂

[Piotr Prus]

Additionally, I have created the feature request for drawText function for @Composable Canvas: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/190787898

[Dominaezzz]

Did you see the method called paint

[Piotr Prus]

Could you share a documentation link? I do not know to which paint you are reffering to. 🙂

[Dominaezzz]

https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/text/MultiParagraph#paint(androidx.compose.ui.gra[…]ui.text.style.TextDecoration)

[Piotr Prus]

Thanks for sharing. I will have a look