Android 4.2 on Nexus 7: canvas.drawText() not working correctly

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I answer my own question after a lot of googling…

The trick consist in the use of setLinearText(true) for the Paint object used for drawing the text. Now, everything looks great.

paint = new Paint();
paint.setAntiAlias(true);
paint.setColor(color);
paint.setTextSize(size);
paint.setTypeface(Typeface.defaultFromStyle(Typeface.BOLD));
paint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
paint.setLinearText(true);

Here the link that saves my day:

http://gc.codehum.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39755

I hope it can help someonelse.

The text is not rendered at the best yet:

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Edited (14/01/2013)

I’m still facing a kering problem (only on 4.2.1). Please see my other question here:

Android 4.2.1 wrong character kerning (spacing)

Edited (05/02/2013)

I see another projects has the same problem. Look at the link below:

http://mindtherobot.com/blog/272/android-custom-ui-making-a-vintage-thermometer/

If you run the sample on Nexus 4.2.1 (or in the simulator Android 4.2) you get the same “strange” text…

Edited (20/02/2013)

Found a workaround that not uses setLinearText(true), look here:

Android 4.2.1 wrong character kerning (spacing)

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