The formula is taken from Android documentation:

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#dips-pels

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Tomasz Cielecki <tom...@ostebaronen.dk> wrote:
> Just like when programming Java for Android, LayoutParams does not
> have a way to set dp or sp, the only thing it knows is px, so you have
> to calculate it yourself. However this is quite simple.
>
> In an activity:
>
>    var scale = Resources.DisplayMetrics.Density;
>    var pixels = (int) (dps * scale + 0.5f);
>
> Where dps is the dp value you want.
>
> In a View you can get the scale from the Context like:
>
>    var scale = Context.Resources.DisplayMetrics.Density;
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Sellec <echelo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry about my question, but i dont see any information in google.
>> How can i set width like "30dp" for dynamically created label in my custom
>> view?
>> For example:
>>  var label1 = new TextView(this.Context);
>>  label1.LayoutParameters = new
>> ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FillParent, 30);
>>  label1.Gravity = GravityFlags.CenterVertical;
>>  label1.SetText("test", TextView.BufferType.Normal);
>>  this.AddView(label1);
>> But this height of 30 is set with normal pixels and looks different on
>> emulator and real device (screen dimensions is different). And i dont see
>> any way to set a type of pixels for layoutparams. How can i do this?
>>
>>
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