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Asked: 2026-05-29T04:42:13+00:00

This is the scenario: I have one image background set on an activity. On

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This is the scenario:

I have one image background set on an activity. On this background, a rectangle has been drawn (in other words, one image depicting a rectangle). I need to display text WITHIN this rectangle.

Right now, I have one solution in mind: since I’m going to optimize the UI for most screens (incl. tablets), I’m going to customize the main .xml layout for each screen size (multiple .xml layouts). Thus, I can manually set the place where the text area goes within the rectangle (+ its size).

I am most certain that this solution is NOT good. I’d like to hear some suggestions from more advanced developers. What would an elegant way of placing text over a background image showing a rectangle, so that the text stays within the rectangle’s borders be?

Because I need to set particular positions for other UI elements (centered buttons (vertically/horizontally), I am currently using a Relative Layout.

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  1. Editorial Team

    By default if you have used dp as dimensional measure, your app should in theory work fine for all resoultions. Android by default scales the screen to fit different screens. AndroidDeveloper You just have to make sure that you have different images for resources (Rectangle image). There is another post in SO which you might be intrested to look into link

    Cheers
    RIchie

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