Draw text in Compose

See how to use Compose APIs specifically designed to draw text on a canvas. This segment shows the code to draw an emoji font in a rounded rectangle.

Key points

  • In Compose, you can draw text on a canvas by creating a text measure and calling drawText, resulting in the measuring string.
  • You can also customize the text size, alignment, and other properties.

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