How to draw a decent looking Circle in Java

Question

I have tried using the method drawOval with equal height and width but as the diameter increases the circle becomes worse looking. What can I do to have a decent looking cir

Answer 1

EDITED: 06 September 2017

That's an algorithm invented by me to draw a circle over a integer matrix. The same idea could be used to write a circle inside a BufferedImage. If you are trying to draw that circle using the class Graphics this is not the answare you are looking for (unless you wish to modify each color-assignement with g.drawLine(x, y, x+1, y), but it could be very slow).

protected boolean runOnCircumference(int[][] matrix, int x, int y, int ray, int color) {
    boolean ret;
    int[] rowUpper = null, rowInferior = null, rowCenterUpper = null, rowCenterInferior = null;

    if (ret = ray > 0) {
        if (ray == 1) {
            matrix[y][x + 1] = color;
            rowUpper = matrix[++y];
            rowUpper[x] = color;
            rowUpper[x + 2] = color;
            matrix[y][x] = color;
        } else {
            double rRay = ray + 0.5;
            int r = 0, c = 0, ray2 = ray << 1, ray_1 = ray - 1, halfRay = (ray >> 1) + ray % 2, rInf,
                    ray1 = ray + 1, horizontalSymmetricOldC;
            // draw cardinal points

            rowUpper = matrix[ray + y];
            rowUpper[x] = color;
            rowUpper[x + ray2] = color;
            matrix[y][x + ray] = color;
            matrix[ray2 + y][x + ray] = color;

            horizontalSymmetricOldC = ray1;
            rInf = ray2;
            c = ray_1;
            for (r = 0; r < halfRay; r++, rInf--) {

                rowUpper = matrix[r + y];
                rowInferior = matrix[rInf + y];

                while (c > 0 && (Math.hypot(ray - c, (ray - r)) < rRay)) {

                    rowUpper[x + c] = color;
                    rowUpper[x + horizontalSymmetricOldC] = color;
                    rowInferior[x + c] = color;
                    rowInferior[x + horizontalSymmetricOldC] = color;

                    // get the row pointer to optimize
                    rowCenterUpper = matrix[c + y];
                    rowCenterInferior = matrix[horizontalSymmetricOldC + y];
                    // draw
                    rowCenterUpper[x + r] = color;
                    rowCenterUpper[x + rInf] = color;
                    rowCenterInferior[x + r] = color;
                    rowCenterInferior[x + rInf] = color;
                    horizontalSymmetricOldC++;
                    c--;
                }
            } // end r circle
        }
    }
    return ret;
}

I tried it so many times, verifying manually it correctness, so I think it will work. I haven't made any range-check just to simplify the code. I hope it will help you and everyone wish to draw a circle over a matrix (for example, those programmer who tries to create their own videogames on pure code and need to manage a matrix-oriented game-map to store the objects lying on the game-map [if you need help on this, email me]).