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TextDrawable
This light-weight library provides images with letter/text like the Gmail app. It extends the Drawable
class thus can be used with existing/custom/network ImageView
classes. Also included is a fluent interface for creating drawables and a customizable ColorGenerator
.
How to use
Import with Gradle:
repositories{
maven {
url 'http://dl.bintray.com/amulyakhare/maven'
}
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.amulyakhare:com.amulyakhare.textdrawable:1.0.1'
}
1. Create simple tile:
<ImageView android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:id="@+id/image_view"/>
Note: Specify width/height for the ImageView
and the drawable
will auto-scale to fit the size.
TextDrawable drawable = TextDrawable.builder()
.buildRect("A", Color.RED);
ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image_view);
image.setImageDrawable(drawable);
2. Create rounded corner or circular tiles:
TextDrawable drawable1 = TextDrawable.builder()
.buildRoundRect("A", Color.RED, 10); // radius in px
TextDrawable drawable2 = TextDrawable.builder()
.buildRound("A", Color.RED);
3. Add border:
TextDrawable drawable = TextDrawable.builder()
.beginConfig()
.withBorder(4) /* thickness in px */
.endConfig()
.buildRoundRect("A", Color.RED, 10);
4. Modify font style:
TextDrawable drawable = TextDrawable.builder()
.beginConfig()
.textColor(Color.BLACK)
.useFont(Typeface.DEFAULT)
.fontSize(30) /* size in px */
.bold()
.toUpperCase()
.endConfig()
.buildRect("a", Color.RED)
5. Built-in color generator:
ColorGenerator generator = ColorGenerator.MATERIAL; // or use DEFAULT
// generate random color
int color1 = generator.getRandomColor();
// generate color based on a key (same key returns the same color), useful for list/grid views
int color2 = generator.getColor("[email protected]")
// declare the builder object once.
TextDrawable.IBuilder builder = TextDrawable.builder()
.beginConfig()
.withBorder(4)
.endConfig()
.rect();
// reuse the builder specs to create multiple drawables
TextDrawable ic1 = builder.build("A", color1);
TextDrawable ic2 = builder.build("B", color2);
6. Specify the width / height:
<ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/image_view"/>
Note: The ImageView
could use wrap_content
width/height. You could set the width/height of the drawable
using code.
TextDrawable drawable = TextDrawable.builder()
.beginConfig()
.width(60) // width in px
.height(60) // height in px
.endConfig()
.buildRect("A", Color.RED);
ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image_view);
image.setImageDrawable(drawable);
7. Other features:
Mix-match with other drawables. Use it in conjunction with
LayerDrawable
,InsetDrawable
,AnimationDrawable
,TransitionDrawable
etc.Compatible with other views (not just
ImageView
). Use it as background drawable, compound drawable forTextView
,Button
etc.Use multiple letters or
unicode
characters to create interesting tiles.