how to draw text with background color using canvas

Question

I have some code where I\'m drawing my text on bitmap (canvas)

canvas.drawTextOnPath(Text, textPath[count], gipa, -10, text);

Please tell me,

Answer 1

Most likely two steps are needed here. you would draw a line along path first with color for background and then draw the text as indicated. Set the thickness of the line with a paint object. Also, changing the style of the paint can help with the effect. try FILL, STROKE or FILL_AND_STROKE for different effects.

mpaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
mpaint.setStrokeWidth(strokeWidth);

Added sample to draw a path(rectangle) with red color:

         Paint mPaint = new Paint();
         mPaint.setColor(Color.RED);
         Path mPath = new Path();
         RectF mRectF = new RectF(20, 20, 240, 240);
         mPath.addRect(mRectF, Path.Direction.CCW);
         mPaint.setStrokeWidth(20);
         mPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
         canvas.drawPath(mPath, mPaint);

Then draw text along same path (blue color):

        mPaint.setColor(Color.BLUE);
         mPaint.setStrokeWidth(0);
         mPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
         mPaint.setTextSize(20);
         canvas.drawTextOnPath("Draw the text, with origin at (x,y), using the specified paint, along the specified path.", mPath, 0, 5, mPaint);