Android Paint.breakText doesn't work on KitKat

Asked Oct 06 '16 at 08:56

Active Oct 06 '16 at 19:45

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For the string like "View profile" Android's Paint.breakText (on KitKat) returns 11 characters instead of 12.

numberofchars = MyPaint.breakText ("View profile", // String text, 
           true, //     boolean measureForwards, 
           8192, //     float maxWidth, 
           null) //     float[] measuredWidth)

It must return 12 chars in numberofchars, not 11. It looks like it's because of the "fi" in "View profile".

edited Oct 06 '16 at 19:45

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count starts from 0 so that – sasikumar Oct 06 '16 at 08:57
no it's not this :( – zeus Oct 06 '16 at 13:03
Correct, `fi` is treated as a ligature. Here is the [issue](https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63281). I ended up writing a custom "text breaker". – Onik Dec 17 '16 at 08:02

Android Paint.breakText doesn't work on KitKat

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