I am working on a fragment and I want to get the dimension of a layout
contained in the xml
fragment layout
.
When I try the code
RelativeLayout myLayout = view.findViewById(R.id.myLayout);
myLayout.getHeight();
it returns 0.
I need these dimensions to put inside myLayout other objects.
I try to use:
myLayout.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(
new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener(){
@Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
mHeight = myLayout.getHeight();
mWidth= myLayout.getWidth();
System.out.println("width: "+mWidth+" height: "+mHeight);
}
});
but this code is invoke a lot of time and I don't know exactly when it is execute.
I need these dimensions into public void onActivityCreated ()
method. Is it possible?
There's a cleaner solution to this, just use the View.post() method on your fragment's root view, and you can call getMeasuredHeight()/getMeasuredWidth() and get the actual values.
E.g.
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle state) {
View root=inflater.inflate(R.layout.myfragment, container, false);
root.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
int height=root.getMeasuredHeight(); // for instance
}
}
}
Very neat and tidy and no messy mucking about with the ViewTreeObserver.
I've only tested this with android-23 devices, but the API has had this method since level 1.
Anyway, WFM.
The addOnGlobalLayoutListener will be called whenever small change of the view happened. So you need to remove this listener from the view.
Simple usage:
public static void removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(View v, ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener listener){
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 16) {
v.getViewTreeObserver().removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(listener);
} else {
v.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(listener);
}
}
I would suggest you to check :
if (myLayout.getHeight()>0 && myLayout.getWidth()>0) {
// Do some code...
removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(..)
}
In onActivityCreated
, the view hasn't been measured yet.
So no, you can't get the measurements from there. onGlobalLayout
is a good place to do it. Layouts happen directly after measurement.
You can remove your listener afterwards, if you only want to do it once. Note that layouts can change size though (soft keyboards appearing, for example)