Set text size in .xml or programmatically

android dimensions
Suvitruf - Andrei Apanasik picture Suvitruf - Andrei Apanasik · Oct 21, 2013 · Viewed 23.2k times · Source

I have variable at dimens.xml

<resources>
    <dimen name="btn_text_size">12sp</dimen>    
</resources>

And i can use it in layout file:

 <TextView
           android:textSize="@dimen/btn_text_size"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/dialog_tags_complete"
/>

or programmatically 

tagButton.setTextSize(c.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.tag_text_size));

But this 2 methods give different results. I know that getDimension are based on the current DisplayMetrics associated with the resources.

But what should i do to make this 2 ways looks the same?

Answer

323go picture 323go · Oct 21, 2013

setTextSize( float ) expects a scaled pixel value. So, setTextSize( 12 ) would give you the desired result. However, getDimension() and getDimensionPixelSize() return the size in units of pixels, so you need to use the unit-typed variant of setTextSize() as follows:

setTextSize( TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, getDimensionPixelSize( R.dimen.tag_text_size ) );

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