Question

When I get the screen size for my Android app, it returns a variable which in every case is too large for the screen to display. I use the following code to get screen size.

final int windowHeight = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().heightPixels;
final int windowWidth = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels;

Is there any way to compensate for it? Or to even fix my problem?

Also, is there a way to turn the battery/time bar off in the app? I think that might be the reason I’m having trouble, but I don’t actually know. That’s why I am asking.

Answer 1

To disable the battery/time bar, I use this in my AndroidManifest.xml file, for the <application> tag :

<application 
    android:icon="@drawable/icon" 
    android:label="@string/app_name" 
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" 
    ...
    >

And, to get the screen’s size, here’s what I have in my Activity :

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