OK.. I tried replying to this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/f9a3974f74e81c65
But Google Groups seems to have lost that email :/, so trying a new post. In the afore-mentioned thread, Dianne talks about not using getHeight()/getWidth() for UI layout, which I'll assume is good advice, but my problem is bootstrapping an OpenGL surface view (specifically the viewport) and for that I NEED to know the height of the System Bar as it's currently throwing everything off. That is, in order to scale the scene to fit all devices I need to know the dimensions of the screen, but because the height is an (from DisplayMetrics) is an absolute height including the System Bar, all the graphics at the top of the scene are being truncated because the VIEWABLE area is not the same as the screen height. I have followed the advice of Chris Pruett here: http://youtu.be/cdvaPyq_eBU?t=8m48s, and here: http://code.google.com/p/replicaisland/source/browse/trunk/src/com/replica/replicaisland/AndouKun.java (line 128) And in so doing now need to be able to deduct the height of the system bar to be able to accurately scale the opengl scene to match the device. Anyone got any clue how I can determine the height (in pixels) of the System Bar? And if the answer is "you can't", that's fine but how do I then set the viewport in an opengl scene to the correct height? (understanding that I have to know the height BEFORE the viewport is set because I will have already computed the scale factors as per Chris Pruett's approach) Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
