Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import android.content.Context; import android.content.res.Resources; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.Paint; import android.graphics.Rect; public class Main { public static Bitmap drawTextToBitmap(Context gContext, int gResId, String gText) { Resources resources = gContext.getResources(); float scale = resources.getDisplayMetrics().density; Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(resources, gResId); Bitmap.Config bitmapConfig = bitmap.getConfig(); // set default bitmap config if none if (bitmapConfig == null) { bitmapConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888; } // resource bitmaps are imutable, // so we need to convert it to mutable one bitmap = bitmap.copy(bitmapConfig, true); Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap); // new antialised Paint Paint paint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG); // text color - #808080 paint.setColor(Color.rgb(127, 127, 127)); // text size in pixels paint.setTextSize((int) (14 * scale * 5)); // text shadow paint.setShadowLayer(1f, 0f, 1f, Color.WHITE); // draw text to the Canvas center Rect bounds = new Rect(); paint.getTextBounds(gText, 0, gText.length(), bounds); // int x = (bitmap.getWidth() - bounds.width()) / 2; // int y = (bitmap.getHeight() + bounds.height()) / 2; //draw text to the bottom int x = (bitmap.getWidth() - bounds.width()) / 10 * 9; int y = (bitmap.getHeight() + bounds.height()) / 10 * 9; canvas.drawText(gText, x, y, paint); return bitmap; } }