// Create an empty, mutable bitmap
            Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(256, 256, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_4444);
                // get a canvas to paint over the bitmap
            Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
            bitmap.eraseColor(0);

            // get a background image from resources
            // note the image format must match the bitmap format
            Drawable background = context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.background);
            background.setBounds(0, 0, 256, 256);
            background.draw(canvas); // draw the background to our bitmap

            // Draw the text
            Paint textPaint = new Paint();
            textPaint.setTextSize(32);
            textPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
            textPaint.setARGB(0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00);
            // draw the text centered
            canvas.drawText(text, 16,112, textPaint);

            // Bind to the texture in OpenGL
            GLES20.glBindTexture(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureHandle[0]);

            // Set filtering
            GLES20.glTexParameteri(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);
            GLES20.glTexParameteri(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GLES20.GL_NEAREST);

            // Load the bitmap into the bound texture.
            GLUtils.texImage2D(GLES20.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, bitmap, 0);

            // Recycle the bitmap, since its data has been loaded into OpenGL.
            bitmap.recycle();