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Paint over the specific area in Android

I want to draw over the specific Line, Rectangle or Bitmap using Canvas. If i draw over the Bitmap, it will take the square shape empty background also.
So i want to draw over that particular Bitmap area only.

create a bitmap with "bmp1" name from your desire image
create a custom view
create a class and extend View like this
class MyCustomView extends View{
private Rect m_ImageRect;
private Rect m_TextRect ;
//you need these constructor
//you can init paint object or anything on them
public MyCustomView (Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
{
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
m_Context = context;
}
public MyCustomView (Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
{
super(context, attrs);
m_Context = context;
}
public MyCustomView (Context context)
{
super(context);
m_Context = context;
}
//then override on draw method
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
super.onDraw(canvas);
//here frist create two rectangle
//one for your image and two for text you want draw on it
m_ImageRect = canvas.getClipBounds();
m_TextRect = canvas.getClipBounds();
//it gives you an area that can draw on it,
//the width and height of your rect depend on your screen size device
canvas.drawBitmap(your bitmap(bmp1), null, m_ImageRect , paint);
canvas.save();
canvas.clipRect(m_TextRect);
canvas.drawText("your text", the x position you want to start draw,
the y position you want to start draw, m_paintText);
canvas.restore();
}
}
at the end put the custom view on your layout,and set field on it to send value to view for draw every thing you want
i hope it's help you,if this is not what you want!
post your code so maybe i can help you more

Seems like you need clipping. See exampls: http://www.example8.com/category/view/id/15543 , Understanding Android Canvas Clipping , http://jtomlinson.blogspot.com/2008/10/clipping.html
With clipping you can specify, which regions should be 'editable'.

Rotating an image around a specified point doesn't work! (Android)

I'm rotating an ImageView with postRotate(float degrees, float px, float py), setting px and py to a few differnt values including (0,0) and (imgView.getHeight(),imgView.getWidth()) but it refuses to rotate around any other point than the center. I'm wondering whether it's got anything to do with the fact that my gravity is center in the LinearLayout?
My layout:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageTraj"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="matrix"
android:src="#drawable/impactangle" />
How I'm rotating the image:
matrix.postRotate(degrees,imageView.getHeight(),imageView.getWidth());
imageView.setImageBitmap(Bitmap.createBitmap(imageScaled, 0, 0,
imageScaled.getWidth(), imageScaled.getHeight(), matrix, true));
PS I've noticed there are a few similar questions, but none of them have suitable answers.

I am using a custom ImageView where I set the angle rotation.
public class CompassImage extends ImageView {
private float angleRotation;
public CompassImage(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public CompassImage(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public CompassImage(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public void setAngleRotation(float angleRotation) {
this.angleRotation = angleRotation;
invalidate();
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
Rect clipBounds = canvas.getClipBounds();
canvas.save();
canvas.rotate(angleRotation, clipBounds.exactCenterX(), clipBounds.exactCenterY());
super.onDraw(canvas);
canvas.restore();
}
}
If you play around with clipBounds you may find that helpful.

A slight "hack", you could probably adjust the image size using something like Paint.net or Gimp, depending on your OS. That would make the image appear to spin on another point. This solution would be pointless if you are planning on using a lot of images though. This is a spinning cube tutorial using opengl.

How can I mirror the whole display?

I want to be able to mirror my app so it can be viewed in the windshield of a vehicle.
My XML has several nested LinearLayouts, TextViews and ImageViews. Currently I'm transforming each one and although it is mirrored, the structure of the elements is not (what was at the top is now at the bottom).
I've been looking for days and so far have tried a couple of approaches that have failed.
An animation that uses a matrix to flip on the X axis kind of works, except that it either reverts back or it stays and doesn't update, which is no good for interacting with the app.
I just tried to create a custom LinearLayout extending the parent one, hoping that I could apply a Matrix in its onDraw() method but that gives me a blank screen (I had to set setWillNotDraw(false); to hit the onDraw()).

Well eventually I found a solution that works well for me (so far it's caused no issues for users).
My solution was to override dispatchDraw to scale the canvas in my custom LinearLayout. Then I just needed to flip the touch events by overriding dispatchTouchEvent:
public class CustomContainer extends LinearLayout {
public CustomContainer(Context context) {
super(context);
this.setWillNotDraw(false);
}
public CustomContainer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
this.setWillNotDraw(false);
}
public CustomContainer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
this.setWillNotDraw(false);
}
#Override
protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {
canvas.save(Canvas.MATRIX_SAVE_FLAG);
// Flip the view canvas
if (MyHUDActivity.mHUDMode) canvas.scale(1,-1, getWidth(), getHeight()/2f);
super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
canvas.restore();
}
#Override
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
// If in HUD mode then flip the touch zones
if (MyHUDActivity.mHUDMode) event.setLocation(event.getX(), getHeight()-event.getY());
return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event);
}
}

You can use the new Animation api to deal with reverting back after the horizontal flip.

Android canvas issue

I am new to android. Now I generated two ImageView in my Android XML file. I want to use canvas to draw two circles in each view. But the problem is, how can I deal with the coordinates? How can I know the coordinates? And how can I center them? Thanks!

ImageViews are for displaying image files, normally. If you want to draw your view yourself, you create your own View and override the onDraw method. Here is a class that draws a big red circle inside itself:
public class CircleView extends View {
public CircleView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public CircleView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public CircleView(Context context) {
super(context);
}
#Override
protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
Paint red = new Paint();
red.setColor(0xffff0000);
int height = getHeight();
int width = getWidth();
int radius = width < height ? width/2 : height/2;
canvas.drawCircle(width/2, height/2, radius, red);
}
}

You cannnot draw cirlces in an ImageView. You can only draw a circle in a bitmap and apply that bitmap to an ImageView.
Or you can create custom views and draw directly on their canvas.
In both cases you need to find the size of these views after they are created. Then you will know the coordinates as the 0,0 starts in the top left corner.

Android RotationAnimation Complete

I am trying to use the RotationAnimation to move an ImageButton. I have extended ImageButton to override onAnimationEnd to avoid the screen flicker at the end of the animation, and would like to update the position of the actual button [since the animation is just a superficial move]. How can I determine the exact coordinates of the button at the end of the animation? Attached is some of my code..
public class HomeNavigationButton extends ImageButton {
public HomeNavigationButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs,
int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public HomeNavigationButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public HomeNavigationButton(Context context) {
super(context);
}
#Override
protected void onAnimationEnd() {
super.onAnimationEnd();
int l = ?
int t = ?
int r = ?
int b = ?
this.layout(l,t,r,b);
}

The position of the button animation? I would go out on a limb and guess you can't. Animations are interesting. They're not "real". Think of them as a mirage. Try this. Rotate the image VERY slowly. If the image is a rectangle, when the image is about 45 degrees, click where the image used to be, but is no long. You'll actually register a click, because the image isn't actually being rotate in real coordinates.
I would consider actually animating the button like a game sprite, or do some trial and error with the animation and set values manually. If you do the second one, make sure you dynamically convert to DIP coordinates rather than raw ints.