How to draw a line in android

Question

Can anybody tell how to draw a line in Android, perhaps with an example?

Answer 1

Another approach to draw a line programatically using ImageView

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class Test extends Activity {
  ImageView drawingImageView;

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    drawingImageView = (ImageView) this.findViewById(R.id.DrawingImageView);
    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap((int) getWindowManager()
        .getDefaultDisplay().getWidth(), (int) getWindowManager()
        .getDefaultDisplay().getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
    drawingImageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

    // Line
    Paint paint = new Paint();
    paint.setColor(Color.GREEN);
    paint.setStrokeWidth(10);
    int startx = 50;
    int starty = 100;
    int endx = 150;
    int endy = 210;
    canvas.drawLine(startx, starty, endx, endy, paint);

  }
}

Answer 2

There are two main ways you can draw a line, by using a Canvas or by using a View.

Drawing a Line with Canvas

From the documentation we see that we need to use the following method:

drawLine (float startX, float startY, float stopX, float stopY, Paint paint)

Here is a picture:

The Paint object just tells Canvas what color to paint the line, how wide it should be, and so on.

Here is some sample code:

private Paint paint = new Paint();
....

private void init() {
    paint.setColor(Color.BLACK);
    paint.setStrokeWidth(1f);
}

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

    startX = 20;
    startY = 100;
    stopX = 140;
    stopY = 30;

    canvas.drawLine(startX, startY, stopX, stopY, paint);
}

Drawing a Line with View

If you only need a straight horizontal or vertical line, then the easiest way may be to just use a View in your xml layout file. You would do something like this:

<View
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="1dp"
    android:background="@android:color/black" />

Here is a picture with two lines (one horizontal and one vertical) to show what it would look like:

And here is the complete xml layout for that:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:text="TextView1 in vertical linear layout" />

<View
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="1dp"
    android:background="@android:color/black" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:padding="10dp"
    android:text="TextView2 in vertical linear layout" />

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="100dp"
        android:layout_height="100dp"
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:text="TextView3 in horizontal linear layout" />

    <View
        android:layout_width="1dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@android:color/black" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="100dp"
        android:layout_height="100dp"
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:text="TextView4 in horizontal linear layout" />
</LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Answer 3

for horizontal line on the layout :

 <View
            android:id="@+id/View03"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="5dip"
            android:background="#0f0" />

for vertical line on the layout :

<View
        android:id="@+id/View04"
        android:layout_width="5dip"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:background="#0f0" />