getting the screen density programmatically in and

Question

How to get the screen density programmatically in android?

I mean: How to find the screen dpi of the current device?

Answer 1

This should help on your activity ...

void printSecreenInfo(){

    Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
    DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
    display.getMetrics(metrics);

    Log.i(TAG, "density :" +  metrics.density);

    // density interms of dpi
    Log.i(TAG, "D density :" +  metrics.densityDpi);

    // horizontal pixel resolution
    Log.i(TAG, "width pix :" +  metrics.widthPixels);

     // actual horizontal dpi
    Log.i(TAG, "xdpi :" +  metrics.xdpi);

    // actual vertical dpi
    Log.i(TAG, "ydpi :" +  metrics.ydpi);

}

OUTPUT :

I/test( 1044): density :1.0

I/test( 1044): D density :160

I/test( 1044): width pix :800

I/test( 1044): xdpi :160.0

I/test( 1044): ydpi :160.42105

Answer 2

public static String getDensity(Context context) {
    String r;
    DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();

    if (!(context instanceof Activity)) {
        r = "hdpi";
    } else {
        Activity activity = (Activity) context;
        activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);

        if (metrics.densityDpi <= DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_LOW) {
            r = "ldpi";
        } else if (metrics.densityDpi <= DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_MEDIUM) {
            r = "mdpi";
        } else {
            r = "hdpi";
        }
    }

    return r;
}

Answer 3

You can get info on the display from the DisplayMetrics struct:

DisplayMetrics metrics = getResources().getDisplayMetrics();

Though Android doesn't use a direct pixel mapping, it uses a handful of quantized Density Independent Pixel values then scales to the actual screen size. So the metrics.densityDpi property will be one of the DENSITY_xxx constants (120, 160, 213, 240, 320, 480 or 640 dpi).

If you need the actual lcd pixel density (perhaps for an OpenGL app) you can get it from the metrics.xdpi and metrics.ydpi properties for horizontal and vertical density respectively.

If you are targeting API Levels earlier than 4. The metrics.density property is a floating point scaling factor from the reference density (160dpi). The same value now provided by metrics.densityDpi can be calculated

int densityDpi = (int)(metrics.density * 160f);

Answer 4

Actualy if you want to have the real display dpi the answer is somewhere in between if you query for display metrics:

DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm);
int dpiClassification = dm.densityDpi;
float xDpi = dm.xdpi;
float yDpi = dm.ydpi;

densityDpi * 160 will give you the values/suggestion which density you should use

0.75 - ldpi - 120 dpi
1.0 - mdpi - 160 dpi
1.5 - hdpi - 240 dpi
2.0 - xhdpi - 320 dpi
3.0 - xxhdpi - 480 dpi
4.0 - xxxhdpi - 640 dpi

as specified in previous posts

but dm.xdpi won't give you always the REAL dpi of given display: Example:

Device: Sony ericsson xperia mini pro (SK17i)
Density: 1.0 (e.g. suggests you use 160dpi resources)
xdpi: 193.5238
Real device ppi is arround 193ppi


Device: samsung GT-I8160 (Samsung ace 2)
Density 1.5 (e.g. suggests you use 240dpi resources)
xdpi 160.42105
Real device ppi is arround 246ppi

so maybe real dpi of the display should be Density*xdpi .. but i'm not sure if this is the correct way to do!

Answer 5

You Should Try This. Just Added a Method which will find and Show the Toast. That in Which Category the Device Falls.

public static int differentDensityAndScreenSize(Context context) {
  int value = 20;
  String str = "";
  if ((context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) == Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_SMALL) {
   switch (context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().densityDpi) {
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_LOW:
    str = "small-ldpi";
    value = 20;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_MEDIUM:
    str = "small-mdpi";
    value = 20;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH:
    str = "small-hdpi";
    value = 20;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XHIGH:
    str = "small-xhdpi";
    value = 20;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXHIGH:
    str = "small-xxhdpi";
    value = 20;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXXHIGH:
    str = "small-xxxhdpi";
    value = 20;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_TV:
    str = "small-tvdpi";
    value = 20;
    break;
   default:
    str = "small-unknown";
    value = 20;
    break;
   }

  } else if ((context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) == Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_NORMAL) {
   switch (context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().densityDpi) {
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_LOW:
    str = "normal-ldpi";
    value = 82;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_MEDIUM:
    str = "normal-mdpi";
    value = 82;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH:
    str = "normal-hdpi";
    value = 82;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XHIGH:
    str = "normal-xhdpi";
    value = 90;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXHIGH:
    str = "normal-xxhdpi";
    value = 96;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXXHIGH:
    str = "normal-xxxhdpi";
    value = 96;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_TV:
    str = "normal-tvdpi";
    value = 96;
    break;
   default:
    str = "normal-unknown";
    value = 82;
    break;
   }
  } else if ((context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) == Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE) {
   switch (context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().densityDpi) {
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_LOW:
    str = "large-ldpi";
    value = 78;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_MEDIUM:
    str = "large-mdpi";
    value = 78;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH:
    str = "large-hdpi";
    value = 78;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XHIGH:
    str = "large-xhdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXHIGH:
    str = "large-xxhdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXXHIGH:
    str = "large-xxxhdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_TV:
    str = "large-tvdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   default:
    str = "large-unknown";
    value = 78;
    break;
   }

  } else if ((context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) == Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_XLARGE) {
   switch (context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().densityDpi) {
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_LOW:
    str = "xlarge-ldpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_MEDIUM:
    str = "xlarge-mdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH:
    str = "xlarge-hdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XHIGH:
    str = "xlarge-xhdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXHIGH:
    str = "xlarge-xxhdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXXHIGH:
    str = "xlarge-xxxhdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_TV:
    str = "xlarge-tvdpi";
    value = 125;
    break;
   default:
    str = "xlarge-unknown";
    value = 125;
    break;
   }
  }
// The Toast will show the Device falls in Which Categories.
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, ""+str, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

  return value;
 }

http://www.androidwarriors.com/2016/01/how-to-find-different-devices-screen.html

Answer 6

Here are the density constants, source:

There are, in addition to the standard densities, 5 Intermediate ones. Taking into account this fact, the following code will be a complete working example:

float density = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density;

if (density == 0.75f)
{
    // LDPI
}
else if (density >= 1.0f && density < 1.5f)
{
    // MDPI
}
else if (density == 1.5f)
{
    // HDPI
}
else if (density > 1.5f && density <= 2.0f)
{
    // XHDPI
}
else if (density > 2.0f && density <= 3.0f)
{
    // XXHDPI
}
else
{
    // XXXHDPI 
}

Alternatively using the densityDpi method:

int densityDpi = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().densityDpi;

switch (densityDpi)
{
    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_LOW:
        // LDPI
        break;

    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_MEDIUM:
        // MDPI
        break;

    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_TV:
    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_HIGH:
        // HDPI
        break;

    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XHIGH:
    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_280:
        // XHDPI
        break;

    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXHIGH:
    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_360:
    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_400:
    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_420:
        // XXHDPI
        break;

    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XXXHIGH:
    case DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_560:
        // XXXHDPI
        break;
}