Other [new feature] FontAwesome and Material Icons

[Erel]

1500 new icons to be included in the next update of B4A, as two easy to work with fonts.

You can see more information here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/fontawesome-material-icons-fonts.72908/#content

 

[MarcoRome]

This is really fantastic

 

[MarcoRome]

When will be ready the next Rel B4A ?

 

[MarcoRome]

In this link movie https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/fontawesome-material-icons-fonts.72908/#content i see that is possible set FontAwesome. But will be possible set FontAwesome + Text, right ?

 

[Erel]

When will be ready the next Rel B4A ?

The beta version is almost ready.

But will be possible set FontAwesome + Text, right ?

Yes. The icons are regular characters. The picker just copies them to the clipboard.
See the tips section at the end of the tutorial.

 

[tpakis]

Like!!

 

[so27]

I like it!

 

[corwin42]

Will it be possible to create Drawables on the fly from the IconFonts so we can use them for ActionItems in the Menu or in the NavigationView (DesignSupport lib) ?

 

[Erel]

The icons are regular characters. It is possible to convert them to drawables with:

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.AddMenuItem3("Apple", "Test", TextToBitmap(Chr(0xF179), 28), True)
   Activity.AddMenuItem3("Android", "Test", TextToBitmap(Chr(0xF17B), 28), True)
End Sub

Sub TextToBitmap (s As String, FontSize As Float) As Bitmap
   Dim bmp As Bitmap
   bmp.InitializeMutable(32dip, 32dip)
   Dim cvs As Canvas
   cvs.Initialize2(bmp)
   Dim h As Double = cvs.MeasureStringHeight(s, lblfontAwesome.Typeface, FontSize)
   cvs.DrawText(s, bmp.Width / 2, bmp.Height / 2 + h / 2, lblfontAwesome.Typeface, FontSize, Colors.White, "CENTER")
   Return bmp
End Sub

Note that the Chr(0xxxx) comes from the code editor icon picker.

 

[MarcoRome]

Note that the Chr(0xxxx) comes from the code editor icon picker.

Sorry Erel maybe i dont understand. But where can i see this Code Chr(0xxx), because if i select i copy "pictures", but dont see code.
Where i wrong ?
Thank you

 

[Erel]

Open the code editor icon picker:

 

[chefe82]

Hello,


With B4A 6.50 I do not have the menu point.

What could be the reason?

 

[DonManfred]

With B4A 6.50 I do not have the menu point.

No one said it is a menuentry...

Right click in the editorwindow and in the context-sensitive popup you´ll find the picker.

 

[Sapta]

The icons are regular characters. It is possible to convert them to drawables with:

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.AddMenuItem3("Apple", "Test", TextToBitmap(Chr(0xF179), 28), True)
   Activity.AddMenuItem3("Android", "Test", TextToBitmap(Chr(0xF17B), 28), True)
End Sub

Sub TextToBitmap (s As String, FontSize As Float) As Bitmap
   Dim bmp As Bitmap
   bmp.InitializeMutable(32dip, 32dip)
   Dim cvs As Canvas
   cvs.Initialize2(bmp)
   Dim h As Double = cvs.MeasureStringHeight(s, lblfontAwesome.Typeface, FontSize)
   cvs.DrawText(s, bmp.Width / 2, bmp.Height / 2 + h / 2, lblfontAwesome.Typeface, FontSize, Colors.White, "CENTER")
   Return bmp
End Sub

Note that the Chr(0xxxx) comes from the code editor icon picker.

Hi @Erel
According this code, I use in Icon but error

NavDrawer.NavigationView.Menu.AddWithGroup2(2, 3, 1000, "Setting", XML.GetDrawable("ic_settings_black_24dp"))

to ..

NavDrawer.NavigationView.Menu.AddWithGroup2(2, 3, 1000, "Setting", TextToBitmap(Chr(0xF179), 28))

got error : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: method de.amberhome.objects.appcompat.ACMenuWrapper.AddWithGroup2 argument 5 has type android.graphics.drawable.Drawable, got android.graphics.Bitmap

What this mean?
Thank you

 

[Emme Developer]

Hi @Erel
According this code, I use in Icon but error

NavDrawer.NavigationView.Menu.AddWithGroup2(2, 3, 1000, "Setting", XML.GetDrawable("ic_settings_black_24dp"))

to ..

NavDrawer.NavigationView.Menu.AddWithGroup2(2, 3, 1000, "Setting", TextToBitmap(Chr(0xF179), 28))

got error : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: method de.amberhome.objects.appcompat.ACMenuWrapper.AddWithGroup2 argument 5 has type android.graphics.drawable.Drawable, got android.graphics.Bitmap

What this mean?
Thank you

TextToBitmap return a bitmap, AddWithGroup2 Expect a Drawable

Dim bd As BitmapDrawable
    bd.Initialize(TextToBitmap(Chr(0xF179), 28))
    NavDrawer.NavigationView.Menu.AddWithGroup2(2, 3, 1000, "Setting", bd)

 

[Erel]

According this code, I use in Icon but error

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