Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-22 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Jim Graham spooky1...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure I understand Are you saying that display.getWidth and display.getHeight don't return valid numbers? Or did I miss something? I am saying that I don't recommend using them, and I have no good strong use

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-22 Thread Jim Graham
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:06:30AM -0700, Dianne Hackborn wrote: Do you have a specific use case where you think they are the right way to go? I use them for determining the maximum preview size for the camera preview. Whether that's the right way to go or not, I can't say, but it works

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-22 Thread RichardC
How about View width and height instead of Display? On Sunday, July 22, 2012 12:31:21 PM UTC+1, Spooky wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 12:06:30AM -0700, Dianne Hackborn wrote: Do you have a specific use case where you think they are the right way to go? I use them for determining the

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-22 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 7:46 AM, RichardC richard.crit...@googlemail.com wrote: How about View width and height instead of Display? Precisely. It matters not a whit how big the display is. What matters is how big the preview SurfaceView can be, after taking everything else into account. So,

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-22 Thread Jim Graham
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 07:55:59AM -0400, Mark Murphy wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 7:46 AM, RichardC richard.crit...@googlemail.com wrote: How about View width and height instead of Display? Precisely. It matters not a whit how big the display is. What matters is how big the preview

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-22 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Jim Graham spooky1...@gmail.com wrote: That's probably what I'm not clear on What is everything else in this case? It doesn't matter. Put your SurfaceView in your layout, then calculate your preview size based upon the SurfaceView's size. I see what this

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-22 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Jim Graham spooky1...@gmail.com wrote: That's probably what I'm not clear on What is everything else in this case? If display.getWidth and display.getHeight report that my tablet's display size is 1280x752 (which, I just discovered, is NOT what

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-21 Thread Jim Graham
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:10:04PM -0700, bob wrote: float width = display.getWidth(); float height = display.getHeight(); Correction: display.getWidth() and display.getHeight() both return int, not float. Later, --jim -- THE SCORE: ME: 2 CANCER: 0 73 DE N5IAL (/4)MiSTie

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Not sure what you are answering...? That is not a use case, that is just retrieving the values. Which, again, I recommend not using for anything. On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:10 PM, bob b...@coolfone.comze.com wrote: Or like so: Display display =

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-21 Thread Jim Graham
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 09:57:34AM -0700, Dianne Hackborn wrote: Not sure what you are answering...? That is not a use case, that is just retrieving the values. Which, again, I recommend not using for anything. I'm not sure I understand Are you saying that display.getWidth and

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-21 Thread Agus
You missed something which is that : use cases are different than how to use. On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Jim Graham spooky1...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 09:57:34AM -0700, Dianne Hackborn wrote: Not sure what you are answering...? That is not a use case, that is just

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-20 Thread Dianne Hackborn
I recommend never using them. The real correct size will be given to you through the view hierarchy. On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Agus agus.sant...@gmail.com wrote: What are the uses cases in which width and height values of DisplayMetrics used ? Is it just for games ? -- You

Re: [android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-20 Thread bob
Or like so: Display display = ((WindowManager).getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay(); float width = display.getWidth(); float height = display.getHeight(); On Friday, July 20, 2012 1:06:36 PM UTC-5, Dianne Hackborn wrote: I recommend never using them. The real

[android-developers] Usage of DisplayMetrics

2012-07-19 Thread Agus
What are the uses cases in which width and height values of DisplayMetrics used ? Is it just for games ? -- 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