Autosize Label based on it's text

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Inman

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Is it possible to stretch a label (increase particularly the height) based on the length of it's text? You know like the Label.AutoSize=True option from VB.
 
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manios

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Quillok said:
Any idea if your Code will work on ICS? Because Inman said at the Top that the reflection lib doesnt work correctly with it?
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Yes ist works with my Nexus S running 4.0.3
 
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Quillok

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Thanks manios for testing

Klaus it works fine for me, but I've got a last problem, and I'm not sure if it's easy to solve or I oversee something.

My problem is, that my label should have a backgroundimage. When i gave fixed size to my label i used gravity.fill for it, but now with the autosizing the label is as big as the backgroundimage in it's original size.
My first idea was to create two labels, the first one with the text only, autosize it, then read the size of it, and then create a second one, in the background from the first label, use the size of the front label and then use the image with gravity.fill

But i'm sure that this is not the easiest way to solve this. Maybe someone of you have a better idea?
 
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Quillok

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Because when I add the image the size of the label is changed to the imagesize.
But I think I know what you mean, i write the text in the label, autosize it, read it's size, and set the height and width to the values the autosize label has. So the size is fixed and then i could add the backgroundimage width gravity.fill

Should work then with no problems, thanks for helping!
 
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thetallone

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Label in Upright possition

Is there a possibility to orientate a Label in Upright Position.
eg normal Text is 0°
the labels text should be turned to 90° or to a defined alligned angle
 
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thetallone

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label rotate

thanks for the hint!!

instead of using a label, it is a good workaround with a canvas

Dim Canvas1 As Canvas

Canvas1.Initialize(Activity)

Canvas1.DrawTextRotated(DateTime.Date(timestamp_left) ,15dip, 50%y, Typeface.DEFAULT, 15, Colors.White,"CENTER",-90)
 
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trahan625

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Found it


adamioan, I know this is couple years to late, but I found this info on the web about the getHeight..

"You have to wait until your view has been instantiated and given its dimensions"

I was doing the same you were, in the Activity Create Routine, What I did was add a button to the activity and in the Click event for that button I added the reflect.runmethod code..

Works great
 
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Oswald

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vice versa

Hello,
my problem is similar but a little bit different
size of the label (vertical and horizontal) is static.
but the text is dynamic, depending of the text length I need to change the textsize to fit it in to the label, with the the maximum textsize.

I need your help
BX
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