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3D-kreativ
3D-kreativ

Reputation: 9309

Screen size in API level 10 and forward?

I want to get the screen size and I'm using a device that has API level 10. I'm using Display to get the width and height, but I'm getting a message in Eclipse that this is deprecated. A better and newer way is to use DisplayMetrics for apps that have a newer API, but there is no support for DisplayMetrics in API 10. How should I be doing to handle this issue?

Old(deprecated)

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
screenWidth = display.getWidth();
screenHeight = display.getHeight();

New

DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
metrics.heightPixels;
metrics.widthPixels;

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1298

Answers (2)

Namenlos
Namenlos

Reputation: 1615

Just check the API level like this:

int screenWidth = 0;
int screenHeight = 0;   
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 10) {
    Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
    screenWidth = display.getWidth();
    screenHeight = display.getHeight();
} else {
    DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
    getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
    screenWidth = metrics.widthPixels;
    screenHeight = metrics.heightPixels;
}

But DisplayMetrics was added in API level 1. So actually you only need the else-clause.

Upvotes: 7

Remi D
Remi D

Reputation: 643

In my application I use getResources().getDisplayMetrics() directly on my activity object. It exactly gives me the screen size. It works fine as it is available from API level 1.

Upvotes: 0

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