It is important since the cloud server I am working with needs to know the
layout I am using before I start my session.
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Piren <gpi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you dont want to base on pre-existing values you can just measure your
> existing views. This will need to happen AFTER the rotation... so your best
> bet is to refactor your code to work after rotations and not before (which
> is kind how it should be).
>
> Why is doing it before the rotation is important to you?
>
>
> On Monday, March 4, 2013 5:40:02 PM UTC+2, AndroidCompile wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am trying to figure out the screen size I will have in portrait and in
>> landscape at the beginning of my app.
>> I can get the real display size using Display.getRealSize() and then
>> calculate the navigation bar height in case there is one.
>> However, in devices with 600dp or less the navigation bar can have
>> different heights (depending on orientation) and may even move to the right
>> in landscape mode.
>> My app would needs to know these paramters when it begins (the app is
>> connected to a cloud server that receives these dimensions when it connects
>> - so I really need to know these before the app starts doing things).
>>
>> My current solution is this:
>> id = res.getIdentifier("navigation_**bar_height", "dimen",
>> "android");
>> int navigation_bar_height = res.getDimensionPixelSize(id);
>>
>> Although this works, it is never a good practice to use android's
>> internal resources.
>> Is there any other way of knowing the dimensions of the screen in a
>> different orientation BEFORE you rotate the device?
>>
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