Android: Measuring Text

int mTextWidth, mTextHeight; // Our calculated text bounds
Paint mTextPaint = new Paint();

// Now lets calculate the size of the text
Rect textBounds = new Rect();
mTextPaint.getTextBounds(mText, 0, mText.length(), textBounds);
mTextWidth = mTextPaint.measureText(mText); // Use measureText to calculate width
mTextHeight = textBounds.height(); // Use height from getTextBounds()

// Later when you draw...
canvas.drawText(mText, // Text to display
        mBounds.centerX() - (mTextWidth / 2f),
        mBounds.centerY() + (mTextHeight / 2f),
        mTextPaint
);