android-canvas

Try the following: Paint textPaint = new Paint(); textPaint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.CENTER); int xPos = (canvas.getWidth() / 2); int yPos = (int) ((canvas.getHeight() / 2) – ((textPaint.descent() + textPaint.ascent()) / 2)) ; //((textPaint.descent() + textPaint.ascent()) / 2) is the distance from the baseline to the center. canvas.drawText(“Hello”, xPos, yPos, textPaint);