Thanks but it doesn't quite give me what I need. When I tried View.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(Rect) the a rect has the height and width of the entire screen not the screen minus the notification bar or system bar....
On Aug 18, 7:17 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > You can use View.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(Rect) > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:12 PM, neuromit <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm interested in getting the usable dimensions of the screen as > > opposed to the dimensions of the entire screen as part of the screen > > is occupied by the notification bar and a system bar in Honeycomb. The > > numbers reported by DisplayMetrics only give you the dimensions of the > > whole screen. I've been looking for a way to figure our the dimensions > > of the usable part of the screen. > > > I know I can create a view that fills the screen and then grab the > > size of the view after the view has been drawn but this requires the > > view to be drawn once before I can query its size. It also seems very > > "hackish". > > > Is there a proper way to do this? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
