Activity.Title

[parijs]

2 questions

How to change the background color off Activity.Title
and
How to center the Activity.Title

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[pluton]

2 questions

How to change the background color off Activity.Title

No,You can not change background color of title bar.

How to center the Activity.Title

Hmmm. Interesting question. I didn't see that anyone manage that

 

[COBRASoft]

To center you could use an old trick... Place spaces in front of your title, it will require some trial and error, but should be doable.

Tip: Calculate how much dips (pixels) a space requires. Calulate the width of your text. Use Activity.Width to calculate how many spaces you will need...

Possible workaround: Make your activity fullscreen and draw your own title and background .

 

[parijs]

Hi Cobra,

I try that, but when it is centre on my phone it's not one my tablet.

 

[COBRASoft]

That's why I gave the tip . You should 'calculate' the width of a space, preferable in dip. This way you can add spaces to the needs of your activity.width.

Is the given workaround no option for you?

 

[parijs]

I saw the centering text on a app form market and it looks nice
But I have one ListView with 27 different Activity.Titles. and then another 30 elsewhere
So I just leave it as it is.

Thanks.

 

[COBRASoft]

It's not perfect, but it works on my Xperia . Probably somebody can help you out with the correct typeface size of the title, I just guessed here.

Dim TitleWidth As Float
Dim strSpace As String
strSpace = " "
Dim SpaceWidth As Float

Dim objCanvas As Canvas
objCanvas.Initialize(Activity)
TitleWidth = objCanvas.MeasureStringWidth(Activity.Title, Typeface.DEFAULT, 12)
SpaceWidth = objCanvas.MeasureStringWidth(strSpace, Typeface.DEFAULT, 12)

Dim intWidth As Int
intWidth = Activity.Width

Dim intNeededSpaces As Int
intNeededSpaces = (intWidth / 2 - TitleWidth / 2) / SpaceWidth

For i = 0 To intNeededSpaces
Activity.Title = strSpace & Activity.Title
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