Question

I have tried 2 approaches to find device dimensions (width and height):

1. getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
2. ((WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();

But both these approaches are not reliable because at times they give me wrong dimensions. For HTC desire, which has 480×800 resolution, it would give me dimensions as 320×533, which are incorrect. Can someone please suggest a more reliable approach?

Answer 1

The following solution worked for me:

public void setDeviceDimensions() {
        WindowManager w = getWindowManager();
        Display d = w.getDefaultDisplay();
        width = d.getWidth();
        height = d.getHeight();

    }

Along with following entry in manifest:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" android:targetSdkVersion="9" />