android - adding a String over a Drawable image?

Question

I\'m trying to add a String to a Drawable image. I\'m currently not using a Panel to draw and I\'d like to keep it that way. Any idea

Answer 1

Sam's answer was my starting point, but the image didn't show up, only the text (I use it on a Google Map). Finally I got it working with a LayerDrawable. Here is my solution:

private Drawable createMarkerIcon(Drawable backgroundImage, String text,
                                  int width, int height) {

  Bitmap canvasBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, 
                                            Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
  // Create a canvas, that will draw on to canvasBitmap.
  Canvas imageCanvas = new Canvas(canvasBitmap);

  // Set up the paint for use with our Canvas
  Paint imagePaint = new Paint();
  imagePaint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER);
  imagePaint.setTextSize(16f);

  // Draw the image to our canvas
  backgroundImage.draw(imageCanvas);

  // Draw the text on top of our image
  imageCanvas.drawText(text, width / 2, height / 2, imagePaint);

  // Combine background and text to a LayerDrawable
  LayerDrawable layerDrawable = new LayerDrawable(
             new Drawable[]{backgroundImage, new BitmapDrawable(canvasBitmap)});
  return layerDrawable;
}