I just resolved a problem which at first I thought is a matter of 5 min for finding appropriate Android API function, unfortunately it took me much longer..
Problem:
Given start and end points of a vector, draw left/right hand semicircle knowing, that this vector is diameter of this semicircle.
Solution:
Use addArc android function.
public void addArc (RectF oval, float startAngle, float sweepAngle)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Path.html#addArc(android.graphics.RectF, float, float)
As you can see we need an oval rect and startAngle, which are not obvious..
Hereunder you can find a handy method computing needed parameters.
/**
*
* @param xStart vector start point
* @param yStart
* @param xEnd vector end point
* @param yEnd
* @param ovalRectOUT RectF to store result
* @param enum direction left/right
* @return start angle
*/
public static float getSemicircle(float xStart, float yStart, float xEnd,
float yEnd, RectF ovalRectOUT, Side direction) {
float centerX = xStart + ((xEnd - xStart) / 2);
float centerY = yStart + ((yEnd - yStart) / 2);
double xLen = (xEnd - xStart);
double yLen = (yEnd - yStart);
float radius = (float) (Math.sqrt(xLen * xLen + yLen * yLen) / 2);
RectF oval = new RectF((float) (centerX - radius),
(float) (centerY - radius), (float) (centerX + radius),
(float) (centerY + radius));
ovalRectOUT.set(oval);
double radStartAngle = 0;
if (direction == Side.LEFT) {
radStartAngle = Math.atan2(yStart - centerY, xStart - centerX);
} else {
radStartAngle = Math.atan2(yEnd - centerY, xEnd - centerX);
}
float startAngle = (float) Math.toDegrees(radStartAngle);
return startAngle;
}
After that drawing semicircles is deadsimple with eg.
path.addArc(oval, startAngle, 180);
Hope that helps! 😉
If you need to manipulate circle pieces a bit more specifically I really recommend you this article:
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/01/02/Android-Draw-a-Curved-Line


One Comment
Thanks a lot. It’s Great!