android-screen

Android DisplayMetrics returns incorrect screen size in pixels on ICS

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From the answer of Ahmed, this is full code without error: int width = 0, height = 0; final DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics(); Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay(); Method mGetRawH = null, mGetRawW = null; try { // For JellyBean 4.2 (API 17) and onward if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) { display.getRealMetrics(metrics); width = metrics.widthPixels; height … Read more

Supporting multiple screen size – Android

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I just did something very similar. To stretch the app without creating new layouts I used dimensions set in XML res/values/dimensions.xml res/values-sw600dp/dimensions.xml -> 7+ inches res/values-sw720dp/dimensions.xml -> 10+ inches Dimensions are resources files: <dimen name=”default_padding”>11dp</dimen> You can increase the dimensions by about 30% in the 600 and 720 file. Then simply used @dimen/default_padding in your … Read more

How to get android device screen size?

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try this code to get screen size in inch DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics(); getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm); int width=dm.widthPixels; int height=dm.heightPixels; double wi=(double)width/(double)dm.xdpi; double hi=(double)height/(double)dm.ydpi; double x = Math.pow(wi,2); double y = Math.pow(hi,2); double screenInches = Math.sqrt(x+y);

Setting drawable folder to use for different resolutions

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How do I force the Nexus to use resources in drawable-xhdpi and then the 10 inch tab to use drawable-xxhdpi? You can’t. The qualifiers hdpi,xhdpi,xxhdpi describes the screen density of the device, not the size of screen. From the official doc Screen density The quantity of pixels within a physical area of the screen; usually … Read more

How do I get the ScreenSize programmatically in android

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Copy and paste this code into your Activity and when it is executed it will Toast the device’s screen size category. int screenSize = getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK; String toastMsg; switch(screenSize) { case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE: toastMsg = “Large screen”; break; case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_NORMAL: toastMsg = “Normal screen”; break; case Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_SMALL: toastMsg = “Small screen”; break; default: toastMsg = … Read more