Group Shape

Examples for creating groups of shapes, accessing them, ungrouping, and removal using Aspose.Slides for Android via Java.

Add a Group Shape

Create a group containing two basic shapes.

static void addGroupShape() {
    Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
    try {
        ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        IGroupShape group = slide.getShapes().addGroupShape();
        group.getShapes().addAutoShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, 0, 0, 50, 50);
        group.getShapes().addAutoShape(ShapeType.Ellipse, 60, 0, 50, 50);
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}

Access a Group Shape

Retrieve the first group shape from a slide.

static void accessGroupShape() {
    Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
    try {
        ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        IGroupShape group = slide.getShapes().addGroupShape();
        group.getShapes().addAutoShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, 0, 0, 50, 50);

        IGroupShape firstGroup = null;
        for (IShape shape : slide.getShapes()) {
            if (shape instanceof IGroupShape) {
                firstGroup = (IGroupShape) shape;
                break;
            }
        }
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}

Remove a Group Shape

Delete a group shape from the slide.

static void removeGroupShape() {
    Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
    try {
        ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        IGroupShape group = slide.getShapes().addGroupShape();

        slide.getShapes().remove(group);
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}

Ungroup Shapes

Move shapes out of a group container.

static void ungroupShapes() {
    Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
    try {
        ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        IGroupShape group = slide.getShapes().addGroupShape();
        IAutoShape rect = group.getShapes().addAutoShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, 0, 0, 50, 50);

        // Move shape out of the group.
        slide.getShapes().addClone(rect);
        group.getShapes().remove(rect);
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}