How to put text in a drawable?

Question

I\'m trying to create a drawable on the fly to use as a background for a custom linearlayout. It needs to have hash marks and such (no big deal), but also have numbers label

Answer 1

To answer the comments above regarding how to center the text:

mPaint.textAlign = Align.CENTER
...
// Centering for mixed case letters
canvas.drawText(mText, 0, mText.length,
        bounds.centerX().toFloat(), bounds.centerY().toFloat() - ((mPaint.descent() + mPaint.ascent()) / 2), mPaint)

// Centering for all uppercase letters
canvas.drawText(mText, 0, mText.length,
            bounds.centerX().toFloat(), bounds.centerY().toFloat() - mPaint.ascent() / 2, mPaint)