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Android APIs
public class

DisplayMetrics

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.util.DisplayMetrics

Class Overview

A structure describing general information about a display, such as its size, density, and font scaling.

To access the DisplayMetrics members, initialize an object like this:

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

Summary

Constants
int DENSITY_400 Intermediate density for screens that sit somewhere between DENSITY_XHIGH (320dpi) and DENSITY_XXHIGH (480 dpi).
int DENSITY_DEFAULT The reference density used throughout the system.
int DENSITY_HIGH Standard quantized DPI for high-density screens.
int DENSITY_LOW Standard quantized DPI for low-density screens.
int DENSITY_MEDIUM Standard quantized DPI for medium-density screens.
int DENSITY_TV This is a secondary density, added for some common screen configurations.
int DENSITY_XHIGH Standard quantized DPI for extra-high-density screens.
int DENSITY_XXHIGH Standard quantized DPI for extra-extra-high-density screens.
int DENSITY_XXXHIGH Standard quantized DPI for extra-extra-extra-high-density screens.
Fields
public float density The logical density of the display.
public int densityDpi The screen density expressed as dots-per-inch.
public int heightPixels The absolute height of the display in pixels.
public float scaledDensity A scaling factor for fonts displayed on the display.
public int widthPixels The absolute width of the display in pixels.
public float xdpi The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the X dimension.
public float ydpi The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the Y dimension.
Public Constructors
DisplayMetrics()
Public Methods
boolean equals(Object o)
Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
boolean equals(DisplayMetrics other)
Returns true if these display metrics equal the other display metrics.
int hashCode()
Returns an integer hash code for this object.
void setTo(DisplayMetrics o)
void setToDefaults()
String toString()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Constants

public static final int DENSITY_400

Added in API level 19

Intermediate density for screens that sit somewhere between DENSITY_XHIGH (320dpi) and DENSITY_XXHIGH (480 dpi). This is not a density that applications should target, instead relying on the system to scale their DENSITY_XXHIGH assets for them.

Constant Value: 400 (0x00000190)

public static final int DENSITY_DEFAULT

Added in API level 4

The reference density used throughout the system.

Constant Value: 160 (0x000000a0)

public static final int DENSITY_HIGH

Added in API level 4

Standard quantized DPI for high-density screens.

Constant Value: 240 (0x000000f0)

public static final int DENSITY_LOW

Added in API level 4

Standard quantized DPI for low-density screens.

Constant Value: 120 (0x00000078)

public static final int DENSITY_MEDIUM

Added in API level 4

Standard quantized DPI for medium-density screens.

Constant Value: 160 (0x000000a0)

public static final int DENSITY_TV

Added in API level 13

This is a secondary density, added for some common screen configurations. It is recommended that applications not generally target this as a first class density -- that is, don't supply specific graphics for this density, instead allow the platform to scale from other densities (typically DENSITY_HIGH) as appropriate. In most cases (such as using bitmaps in Drawable) the platform can perform this scaling at load time, so the only cost is some slight startup runtime overhead.

This density was original introduced to correspond with a 720p TV screen: the density for 1080p televisions is DENSITY_XHIGH, and the value here provides the same UI size for a TV running at 720p. It has also found use in 7" tablets, when these devices have 1280x720 displays.

Constant Value: 213 (0x000000d5)

public static final int DENSITY_XHIGH

Added in API level 9

Standard quantized DPI for extra-high-density screens.

Constant Value: 320 (0x00000140)

public static final int DENSITY_XXHIGH

Added in API level 16

Standard quantized DPI for extra-extra-high-density screens. Applications should not generally worry about this density; relying on XHIGH graphics being scaled up to it should be sufficient for almost all cases.

Constant Value: 480 (0x000001e0)

public static final int DENSITY_XXXHIGH

Added in API level 18

Standard quantized DPI for extra-extra-extra-high-density screens. Applications should not generally worry about this density; relying on XHIGH graphics being scaled up to it should be sufficient for almost all cases. A typical use of this density would be 4K television screens -- 3840x2160, which is 2x a traditional HD 1920x1080 screen which runs at DENSITY_XHIGH.

Constant Value: 640 (0x00000280)

Fields

public float density

Added in API level 1

The logical density of the display. This is a scaling factor for the Density Independent Pixel unit, where one DIP is one pixel on an approximately 160 dpi screen (for example a 240x320, 1.5"x2" screen), providing the baseline of the system's display. Thus on a 160dpi screen this density value will be 1; on a 120 dpi screen it would be .75; etc.

This value does not exactly follow the real screen size (as given by xdpi and ydpi, but rather is used to scale the size of the overall UI in steps based on gross changes in the display dpi. For example, a 240x320 screen will have a density of 1 even if its width is 1.8", 1.3", etc. However, if the screen resolution is increased to 320x480 but the screen size remained 1.5"x2" then the density would be increased (probably to 1.5).

See Also

public int densityDpi

Added in API level 4

The screen density expressed as dots-per-inch. May be either DENSITY_LOW, DENSITY_MEDIUM, or DENSITY_HIGH.

public int heightPixels

Added in API level 1

The absolute height of the display in pixels.

public float scaledDensity

Added in API level 1

A scaling factor for fonts displayed on the display. This is the same as density, except that it may be adjusted in smaller increments at runtime based on a user preference for the font size.

public int widthPixels

Added in API level 1

The absolute width of the display in pixels.

public float xdpi

Added in API level 1

The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the X dimension.

public float ydpi

Added in API level 1

The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the Y dimension.

Public Constructors

public DisplayMetrics ()

Added in API level 1

Public Methods

public boolean equals (Object o)

Added in API level 1

Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. In order to be equal, o must represent the same object as this instance using a class-specific comparison. The general contract is that this comparison should be reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. Also, no object reference other than null is equal to null.

The default implementation returns true only if this == o. See Writing a correct equals method if you intend implementing your own equals method.

The general contract for the equals and hashCode() methods is that if equals returns true for any two objects, then hashCode() must return the same value for these objects. This means that subclasses of Object usually override either both methods or neither of them.

Parameters
o the object to compare this instance with.
Returns
  • true if the specified object is equal to this Object; false otherwise.

public boolean equals (DisplayMetrics other)

Added in API level 17

Returns true if these display metrics equal the other display metrics.

Parameters
other The display metrics with which to compare.
Returns
  • True if the display metrics are equal.

public int hashCode ()

Added in API level 1

Returns an integer hash code for this object. By contract, any two objects for which equals(Object) returns true must return the same hash code value. This means that subclasses of Object usually override both methods or neither method.

Note that hash values must not change over time unless information used in equals comparisons also changes.

See Writing a correct hashCode method if you intend implementing your own hashCode method.

Returns
  • this object's hash code.

public void setTo (DisplayMetrics o)

Added in API level 1

public void setToDefaults ()

Added in API level 1

public String toString ()

Added in API level 1

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. Subclasses are encouraged to override this method and provide an implementation that takes into account the object's type and data. The default implementation is equivalent to the following expression:

   getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

See Writing a useful toString method if you intend implementing your own toString method.

Returns
  • a printable representation of this object.