Question

I am working on j2me project for nokia N97.I want to write the test vertically i.e rotate my text vertically.I am using Graphics.DrawString(); method to draw text on canvas.

Can any one help me how to draw and rotate text on canvas.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can create a mutable Image of the size of the text you require (use Font.stringWidth() and Font.getHeight() for the dimensions), draw the text on to the Image‘s Graphics object, use the image to instantiate a Sprite, rotate it using Sprite.setTransform(Sprite.TRANS_ROT90), and finally draw it using Sprite.paint().

More info on all of these in the MIDP2 spec.

HTH