Android: Get the screen resolution / pixels as integer values

poeschlorn picture poeschlorn · May 25, 2010 · Viewed 52.6k times · Source

this is a really simple question on which I've found no answer :/ How can I quickly access the screen resolution (width, height) as integer values?

I've tried this one, but it always shows zero on my emulator:

DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics();
int width = dm.widthPixels / 2;

In my case I want to dynamically create a table with tableRows, each containing two cols. This cols all shall fill half of the screen in width.

Can someone give me a hint?

Answer

Guillaume Perrot picture Guillaume Perrot · Feb 16, 2012

The trashkalmar answer is correct.

However, the results will be specific to the activity context. If you want the whole device screen resolution:

DisplayMetrics displayMetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE); // the results will be higher than using the activity context object or the getWindowManager() shortcut
wm.getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displayMetrics);
int screenWidth = displayMetrics.widthPixels;
int screenHeight = displayMetrics.heightPixels;

Note that the results also depend on the current device orientation.