Show text on center of screen

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

How to show text on center of screen ?

I was trying something like this:

local centarX = display.contentWidth / 2  
local centarY = display.contentHeight / 2  
  
local myText = display.newText( "Hello, World", 0, 0, "Helvetica", 40 )  
myText.isVisible = false  
  
myText.x = centarX - (myText.contentWidth / 2)  
myText.y = centarY - (myText.contentHeight / 2)  
myText.isVisible = true

But with no success [import]uid: 101665 topic_id: 18031 reply_id: 318031[/import]

#2

maybe like this?

[lua]local centarX = display.contentWidth / 2;
local centarY = display.contentHeight / 2;

local myText = display.newText( “Hello, World”, 0, 0, “Helvetica”, 40 )
myText.isVisible = false
myText.x = centarX;
myText.y = centarY;
myText.isVisible = true[/lua]
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#3

Or this:

local centarX = display.contentWidth / 2  
local centarY = display.contentHeight / 2  
   
local myText = display.newText( "Hello, World", 0, 0, "Helvetica", 40 )  
myText:setReferencePoint(display.CenterReferencePoint)  
myText.x = centarX  
myText.y = centarY

You don’t need to hide the text before moving it. It all should update in an off screen buffer during the same frame update, so there won’t be any blinking or jumping around.
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#4

Thanks dingo & robmiracle [import]uid: 101665 topic_id: 18031 reply_id: 69096[/import]