Is it possible (or planned) to draw a `Text` with ...

# compose

[len]

Is it possible (or planned) to draw a Text with outline? This was done with Paint.Style.STROKE , but there's no painter on Text parameters. I want to draw a text in white with a black border (like a shadow, but without blur)

[nicopasso]

I don’t think it’s possible (yet). I went already through all different possibilities offered by TextStyle or SpanStyle but it seems there’s no way right now to do that other than play around with shadows I guess

[Leland Richardson [G]]

cc @Siyamed

[Siyamed]

hmm.. I knew Paint would be an issue in the future but wasn’t expecting it to be fast.

[Siyamed]

Currently we do have internal Paint object(s) that we use. It is possible to expose it but I couldn’t know about the priority and side effects.

[Siyamed]

@len is it possible for you to create a ticket about this?

[Leland Richardson [G]]

i think exposing paint seems like a strong step in the wrong direction. what about just adding stroke to textstyle or something?

[Siyamed]

stroke?

[Leland Richardson [G]]

but yeah, maybe a ticket is a better place to discuss 🙂

[Leland Richardson [G]]

well it sounds like the stroke style is the desired support from len here, no?

[Siyamed]

I was going to say even if Text exposes the Paint, it wouldnt possible to do the same for AnnatatedString so it might be a deep hole

[Siyamed]

I want to draw a text in white with a black border (like a shadow, but without blur)

if we add stroke etc, then it will end up in more Paint params. I need to check it but at the end of the day Paint has lots of configurations.

[Siyamed]

stroke, stroke type, dashed, stroke color you name it 🙂

[len]

I was thinking of the stroke/outline like a subclass of Shadow, although it's not exactly that, but it allows to support them without changing the public Text API (or that's what I think)

[len]

But my solution doesn't sound right to me. I don't know what the proper solution would be, but I think it could be a nice addition for when you draw text over a background/image as it improves readability (shadow is also an option but IMO the outline is better, and also with any color, not just black)

[len]

I created https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/155421273 as requested