Issue showing time using custom font
I have a digital clock widget and I want to use my own font to display the time. I know this cannot be done in remoteviews, so I got some code that renders a custom font to a bitmap and then drags it through remoteviews into the image. However, I cannot get it to work. This is my code:
public Bitmap buildUpdate(String time)
{
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(this.getPackageName(), R.layout.main);
Bitmap myBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(100, 50, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_4444);
Canvas myCanvas = new Canvas(myBitmap);
Paint paint = new Paint();
Typeface clock = Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(),"Clockopia.ttf");
paint.setAntiAlias(true);
paint.setSubpixelText(true);
paint.setTypeface(clock);
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
paint.setTextSize(15);
myCanvas.drawText(time, 0, 20, paint);
views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.TimeView, myBitmap);
return myBitmap;
}
private void update() {
mCalendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
final CharSequence date = DateFormat.format(mDateFormat, mCalendar);
final CharSequence day = DateFormat.format(mDayFormat, mCalendar);
// final CharSequence time = DateFormat.format(mTimeFormat, mCalendar);
String time = (String) DateFormat.format(mTimeFormat, mCalendar);
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.main);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.Day, day);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.Date, date);
// views.setTextViewText(R.id.Time, time);
buildUpdate(time);
ComponentName widget = new ComponentName(this, DigiClock.class);
AppWidgetManager manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this);
manager.updateAppWidget(widget, views);
}
Any help is appreciated.
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Now I have found out (with the help of an experienced developer) how to get it to work. The final code is now:
private void update() {
mCalendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
final CharSequence date = DateFormat.format(mDateFormat, mCalendar);
final CharSequence day = DateFormat.format(mDayFormat, mCalendar);
String time = (String) DateFormat.format(mTimeFormat, mCalendar);
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(getPackageName(), R.layout.main);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.Day, day);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.Date, date);
views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.TimeView, buildUpdate(time));
ComponentName widget = new ComponentName(this, DigiClock.class);
AppWidgetManager manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this);
manager.updateAppWidget(widget, views);
}
public Bitmap buildUpdate(String time)
{
Bitmap myBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(160, 84, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_4444);
Canvas myCanvas = new Canvas(myBitmap);
Paint paint = new Paint();
Typeface clock = Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(),"Clockopia.ttf");
paint.setAntiAlias(true);
paint.setSubpixelText(true);
paint.setTypeface(clock);
paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
paint.setTextSize(65);
paint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
myCanvas.drawText(time, 80, 60, paint);
return myBitmap;
}
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