Hey guys,
So, I’m trying to show the player’s score after you die, but I have one problem… My text won’t center…
For example, a player scores “100” I have an image that says “score” and then shows the score under it…
but, if a player scores “1000” my text will be off-center because of the extra digit…
So, I was just wondering. Is there a command to start text in the center? [import]uid: 95032 topic_id: 29283 reply_id: 329283[/import]
One solution is to format your text with the predetermined maximum number of digits.
Ie say your score can go no more than 6 digits (max score available is 999999)
Example: (copy + paste into a main.lua file to see it in action)
local score = 1000
local scoreLabel = string.format( "%06d", score )
local scoreText = display.newText( scoreLabel, 0, 0, native.systemFont, 18 ) -- Will display 001000
scoreText.x, scoreText.y = display.contentCenterX, 25
--Update the text when needed
local function updateScore()
score = score + 5000
scoreText.text = string.format( "%06d", score )
end
timer.performWithDelay( 500, updateScore, 0 ) [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 29283 reply_id: 117749[/import]
another solution is to use the ui.newLabel class
local ui=require("ui")
local label=ui.newLabel{font=native.systemFont,size=18,align="center",textColor={255,255,255,255},text="initial score",bounds={15,100,290,20}} where the x and w values of the bounds parameter are chosen so that x+w/2=xc
in the example above, since 15+290/2=160 the text will be centered at 160 pixels from the left end
you can use label:setText(score) to change the score afterwards
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