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How to get usable screen height in pixels

I'm setting up a gridview of 7 columns. I want it to have 6 rows and fill the screen. So, am trying to find the height of the screen excluding actionbar, statusbar and softkeys. Am planning to set this height divided by 6 as the height of each row. For some reason, the height am getting is not accurate.
DisplayMetrics metrics = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
int height = metrics.heightPixels;

This will give you correct screen dimensions
Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);
int width = size.x;
int height = size.y;

Android Screen size full screen

I need to get the exactly size screen but i cant get it.
I tried this two different codes:
DisplayMetrics display = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
height = display.heightPixels;
width = display.widthPixels;
Point size = new Point();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getSize(size);
height = size.y;
width = size.x;
In both cases the height its correct (1080) but the width its not correct. It must return 1920 but its returning 1794. Its a Samsung Galaxy S4 (1920x1080).
I have a full screen app, with no actionbar or navigation bar, etc.
Why is happening this and how can ai get 1920. Im using API >= 14.
Greets

You can try with getRealSize instead of getSize (getRealSize)
Point size = new Point();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRealSize(size);
height = size.y;
width = size.x;

Positioning a toast with respect to the Screen size

I am displaying a toast in my screen, but the position of the toast appears to vary from device to device, i want the toast to be displayed at one particular position for all the screen sizes.Please help me out with this.
Thanks!

First you need to get the screen dimensions.
Use them to calculate the toast's position, and place it in the appropriate position.

For any one if facing this same problem would suggest you to try this out
IMP is that you are not in the activity class
WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) appContext.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);
int width=size.x;
int height=size.y;
where appcontext is ur own appcontext.
but if you are in the activity class you can use this
Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);
int width = size.x;
int height = size.y;

You may create a custom Toast message with a custom xml layout. Refer this example on Android Developers.

How to get screen resolution of your android device..? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
How to get screen dimensions as pixels in Android
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Closed 9 years ago.
Can i get resolution of android phone..?
if yes then how..?
it will really helpful for me..
Thank you..

If you want 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;
This method was introduced in Android API 13, so if you want to get display metrics for previous APIs use:
DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
int height = displaymetrics.heightPixels;
int wwidth = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
If you're not in an Activity, you can get the default Display via WINDOW_SERVICE. Also be sure to set your minSdkVersion to at least 4 in AndroidManifest.xml to enable calls to display.getWidth().
WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) ctx.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();
int width = display.getWidth(); // deprecated
int height = display.getHeight(); // deprecated
Edit: PhoneGap
Use the following to figure out the display size in pixels
function getDeviceDimention() {
console.log("Device Dimention using PhoneGap");
console.log("Width = " + window.innerWidth);
console.log("Height = " + window.innerHeight);
}

For Cordova / Phonegap, I've found that using
var width = screen.width
var height = screen.height
is more reliable than using
var width = window.innerHeight
var height = window.innerWidth
in order to obtain the resolution of the current display. The latter is unfortunately inaccurate if your mark-up either overflows or does not take up all of the space available on the screen.

For phonegap you can use this
You can use device-width and device-height
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; user-scalable=no" />
You can even get device height and width using jquery & jquery mobile like this
var width = $(window).width();
var height = $(window).height();
NOTE:- Do this when device is ready.

You can call
Display display = getWindow().getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
Point outSize = new Point();
display.getRealSize(outSize);
outSize.x is the width and outSize.y is the height. Hope it help.

like this
Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
int width = display.getWidth();
int height = display.getHeight();
look at this answer Android: How to get screen dimensions

DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm);
int width = dm.widthPixels;
int height = dm.heightPixels;
Good luck!

DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
good luck
행운을 빈다.

u can get screen resolution like this
Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
int width = display.getWidth();
int height=display.getHeight();

Emulator does not return actual width and height for 320x240 resolution

I made an application with a dynamic layout for different screen sizes.
It also worked for all screen sizes except of 320x240 screens.
I used the same code to get the width and height for all and it also return the correct value but the it does not return the correct value for manually create emulator means 320x240 and 240x400.
I used the following code:
DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
WindowManager manager = (WindowManager)getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
manager.getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);
int width=metrics.widthPixels;
int height=metrics.heightPixels;

I am late..but would like to share :)
Please try below code snippets:
Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
int width = display.getWidth();
int height = display.getHeight();