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Created March 3, 2014 21:25
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Android Center Text in Canvas
int xPos = (canvas.getWidth() / 2);
int yPos = (int) ((canvas.getHeight() / 2) - ((textPaint.descent() + textPaint.ascent()) / 2)) ;
//((textPaint.descent() + textPaint.ascent()) / 2) is the distance from the baseline to the center.
canvas.drawText("Hello", xPos, yPos, textPaint);
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