Android textview text get cut off on the sides with custom font

Question

This is what happens in the preview and on device:

TextView is nothing special, it just loads the custom font:

public class TestTextView extends App         


        

Answer 1

This answer has led me to the right path: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28625166/4420543

So, the solution is to create a custom Textview and override the onDraw method:

    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        final Paint paint = getPaint();
        final int color = paint.getColor();
        // Draw what you have to in transparent
        // This has to be drawn, otherwise getting values from layout throws exceptions
        setTextColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
        super.onDraw(canvas);
        // setTextColor invalidates the view and causes an endless cycle
        paint.setColor(color);

        System.out.println("Drawing text info:");

        Layout layout = getLayout();
        String text = getText().toString();

        for (int i = 0; i < layout.getLineCount(); i++) {
            final int start = layout.getLineStart(i);
            final int end = layout.getLineEnd(i);

            String line = text.substring(start, end);

            System.out.println("Line:\t" + line);

            final float left = layout.getLineLeft(i);
            final int baseLine = layout.getLineBaseline(i);

            canvas.drawText(line,
                    left + getTotalPaddingLeft(),
                    // The text will not be clipped anymore
                    // You can add a padding here too, faster than string string concatenation
                    baseLine + getTotalPaddingTop(),
                    getPaint());
        }
    }