DisplayMetrics

extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.util.DisplayMetrics

Class Overview

A structure describing general information about a display, such as its size, density, and font scaling.

Summary

Fields
public float	density	The logical density of the display.
public int	heightPixels	The absolute height of the display in pixels.
public float	scaledDensity	A scaling factor for fonts displayed on the display.
public int	widthPixels	The absolute width of the display in pixels.
public float	xdpi	The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the X dimension.
public float	ydpi	The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the Y dimension.

Public Constructors
	DisplayMetrics()

Public Methods
void	setTo(DisplayMetrics o)
void	setToDefaults()

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Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

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int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
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final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.

Fields

public float density

The logical density of the display. This is a scaling factor for the Density Independent Pixel unit, where one DIP is one pixel on an approximately 160 dpi screen (for example a 240x320, 1.5"x2" screen), providing the baseline of the system's display. Thus on a 160dpi screen this density value will be 1; on a 106 dpi screen it would be .75; etc.

This value does not exactly follow the real screen size (as given by xdpi and ydpi, but rather is used to scale the size of the overall UI in steps based on gross changes in the display dpi. For example, a 240x320 screen will have a density of 1 even if its width is 1.8", 1.3", etc. However, if the screen resolution is increased to 320x480 but the screen size remained 1.5"x2" then the density would be increased (probably to 1.5).

public int heightPixels

The absolute height of the display in pixels.

public float scaledDensity

A scaling factor for fonts displayed on the display. This is the same as density, except that it may be adjusted in smaller increments at runtime based on a user preference for the font size.

Interfaces

Classes

Enums

Exceptions

DisplayMetrics

Class Overview

Summary

Fields

public float density

See Also

public int heightPixels

public float scaledDensity

public int widthPixels

public float xdpi

public float ydpi

Public Constructors

public DisplayMetrics ()

Public Methods

public void setTo (DisplayMetrics o)

public void setToDefaults ()