How to draw filled polygon?

Question

How to draw filled polygon in Android ?

Answer 1

Android does not have a handy drawPolygon(x_array, y_array, numberofpoints) action like Java. You have to walk through making a Path object point by point. For example, to make a filled trapezoid shape for a 3D dungeon wall, you could put all your points in x and y arrays then code as follows:

Paint wallpaint = new Paint(); wallpaint.setColor(Color.GRAY); wallpaint.setStyle(Style.FILL);  Path wallpath = new Path(); wallpath.reset(); // only needed when reusing this path for a new build wallpath.moveTo(x[0], y[0]); // used for first point wallpath.lineTo(x[1], y[1]); wallpath.lineTo(x[2], y[2]); wallpath.lineTo(x[3], y[3]); wallpath.lineTo(x[0], y[0]); // there is a setLastPoint action but i found it not to work as expected  canvas.drawPath(wallpath, wallpaint); 

To add a constant linear gradient for some depth, you could code as follows. Note y[0] is used twice to keep the gradient horizontal:

 wallPaint.reset(); // precaution when resusing Paint object, here shader replaces solid GRAY anyway  wallPaint.setShader(new LinearGradient(x[0], y[0], x[1], y[0], Color.GRAY, Color.DKGRAY,TileMode.CLAMP));    canvas.drawPath(wallpath, wallpaint); 

Refer to Paint, Path and Canvas documentation for more options, such as array defined gradients, adding arcs, and laying a Bitmap over your polygon.

Answer 2

You need to set the paint object to FILL

Paint paint = new Paint(); paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL); 

Then you can draw whatever you want, and it will be filled.

canvas.drawCircle(20, 20, 15, paint); canvas.drawRectangle(60, 20, 15, paint); 

etc.

For more complex shapes you need to use the PATH object.