Android Question set label height based on its text length

[Addo]

i am trying to set a different font sized to a label i want to make this label height dynamically change based on its text length and size something like whats app expanding the label text based on the text length

 

[LucaMs]

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/custom-view-autotextsizelabel.30642/#post177986

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-xui-accurate-text-measurement-and-drawing.92810/

 

[Addo]

i have tried the following

globalfontsize = "12"
itmheight = Canvas1.MeasureStringHeight(msggtext, Typeface.DEFAULT, globalfontsize)
Label1.TextSize = globalfontsize

Label1.Text = msggtext

label1.Height = itmheight

but the label height does not expanded more than 36

i needed to make its height based on text content but i have failed

 

[ronell]

why are you using MeasureStringHeight if you want to set label based on its length?

try changing your code to this

itmheight = Canvas1.MeasureStringWidth(msggtext, Typeface.DEFAULT, globalfontsize)