Get the screen height in Android

Question

How can I get the available height of the screen in Android? I need to the height minus the status bar / menu bar or any other decorations that might be on screen and I need it to work for all devices. Also, I need to know this in the onCreate function. I know this question has been asked before but I have already tried their solutions and none of them work. Here are some of the things I have tried:

I have tested this code on API 7 - 17. Unfortunately, on API 13 there is extra space at bottom both horizontally and vertically and on API 10, 8, and 7 there is not enough space at the bottom both horizontally and vertically. (I have not tested on obsolete APIs):

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
display.getMetrics(metrics);
screenWidth = metrics.widthPixels;
screenHeight = metrics.heightPixels;

TypedValue tv = new TypedValue();
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB)
{
    if (getTheme().resolveAttribute(android.R.attr.actionBarSize, tv, true))
        screenHeight -= TypedValue.complexToDimensionPixelSize(tv.data,getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
}

int resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
if (resourceId > 0)
    screenHeight -= getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);

This does not take into account the status bar / menu bar:

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
screenWidth = display.getWidth();
screenHeight = display.getHeight();

Neither does this:

Point size = new Point();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getSize(size);
screenWidth = size.x;
screenHeight = size.y;

Nor this:

Point size = new Point();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRealSize(size);
screenWidth = size.x;
screenHeight = size.y;

This does not work:

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
display.getMetrics(metrics);
// since SDK_INT = 1;
screenWidth = metrics.widthPixels;
screenHeight = metrics.heightPixels;
try
{
    // used when 17 > SDK_INT >= 14; includes window decorations (statusbar bar/menu bar)
    screenWidth = (Integer) Display.class.getMethod("getRawWidth").invoke(display);
    screenHeight = (Integer) Display.class.getMethod("getRawHeight").invoke(display);
}
catch (Exception ignored)
{
    // Do nothing
}
try
{
    // used when SDK_INT >= 17; includes window decorations (statusbar bar/menu bar)
    Point realSize = new Point();
    Display.class.getMethod("getRealSize", Point.class).invoke(display, realSize);
    screenWidth = realSize.x;
    screenHeight = realSize.y;
}
catch (Exception ignored)
{
    // Do nothing
}

I then used the following code to subtract the height of the status bar and menu bar from the screen height:

int result = 0;
int resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
if (resourceId > 0)
    result = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
screenHeight -= result;
result = 0;
if (screenHeight >= screenWidth)
    resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("navigation_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
else
    resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("navigation_bar_height_landscape", "dimen", "android");
if (resourceId > 0)
    result = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
screenHeight -= result;

On API 17 it correctly calculates the height of the status bar and menu bar in portrait but not in landscape. On API 10, it returns 0. I need it to work ideally on all devices or minimum API 7.

Answer 1

For Display

DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
int height = displaymetrics.heightPixels;
int width = displaymetrics.widthPixels;

For Status Bar

public int getStatusBarHeight() {
        int result = 0;
        int resourceId = getResources().getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
        if (resourceId > 0) {
            result = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
        }
        return result;
    }

Answer 2

Display currentDisplay = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
        float dw = currentDisplay.getWidth();
        float dh = currentDisplay.getHeight();

dh will give you the screen height.

Answer 3

final View view = findViewById(R.id.root);
ViewTreeObserver vto = view.getViewTreeObserver();
vto.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
    @Override
    public void onGlobalLayout() {
        // calculate the height in here...

        ViewTreeObserver vto = view.getViewTreeObserver();
        vto.removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(this);
    }
});

Use this listener inside onCreate (available since api 1). You will need to assign the id @+id/root to the parent in your xml layout. There is no way the size can return a result of 0, since this listener makes a callback whenever the layouts has been positioned in view.

Answer 4

It may not answer your question, but it could be useful to know (I was looking for it myself when I came to this question) that if you need a View's dimension but your code is being executed when its layout has not been laid out yet (for example in onCreate() ) you can setup a ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener with View.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener() and put the relevant code that needs the view's dimension there. The listener's callback will be called when the layout will have been laid out.

courtesy-Francesco Feltrinelli

You could try to do this.

Answer 5

Working solution:

Create two dummy views :

 <View
    android:id="@+id/top"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

<View
        android:id="@+id/bottom"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />

Now, you should call getLocationOnScreen(int []) on these two views to receive their locations. This function returns an array of 2 integers. The first being x and the second y. We require only y. Also note that correct values are returned only AFTER all the views are created and the onCreate method is exited.

I tested this code on a regular fragment called from a viewpager.

The code was in the onCreateView method of my fragment. I still had to use a postDelayed to get the correct values.

final View top = (View) view.findViewById(R.id.top);
    final View bottom = (View) view.findViewById(R.id.bottom);
    new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {

            int topLoc[] = new int[2];
            top.getLocationOnScreen(topLoc);
            int BottomLoc[] = new int[2];
            bottom.getLocationOnScreen(BottomLoc);
            Log.d(Constants.debug, "topY: "+ topLoc[1]+" BottomY:" + BottomLoc[1]);
        }
    },4000);

I have a Nexus 4.

In regular mode (status bar and the soft buttons shown) :

07-05 02:28:23.367      565-565/com.torcellite.xx D/xx: topY: 50 BottomY:1182

In full screen mode (no status bar or soft buttons shown) :

07-05 02:29:17.360      707-707/com.torcellite.xx D/xx: topY: 0 BottomY:1280

All you have to do now is subtract.

Answer 6

If you want the the display dimensions in pixels you can use getSize:

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);
int width = size.x;
int height = size.y;

If you're not in an Activity you can get the default Display via WINDOW_SERVICE:

WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();
display.getSize(size);
int width = size.x;
int height = size.y;

Before getSize was introduced (in API level 13), you could use the getWidth and getHeight methods that are now deprecated:

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay(); 
int width = display.getWidth();  // deprecated
int height = display.getHeight();  // deprecated

Referred from : Get screen dimensions in pixels