Adding text to ImageView in Android

Question

I want to use an ImageView to show some message in a fancy way.

How do I add text to an ImageView?

Answer 1

With a FrameLayout you can place a text on top of an image view, the frame layout holding both an imageView and a textView.

If that's not enough and you want something more fancy like 'drawing' text, you need to draw text on a canvas - a sample is here: How to draw RTL text (Arabic) onto a Bitmap and have it ordered properly?