core/java/android/util/DisplayMetrics.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package android.util;


/**
 * A structure describing general information about a display, such as its
 * size, density, and font scaling.
 */
public class DisplayMetrics {
    /**
     * The absolute width of the display in pixels.
     */
    public int widthPixels;
    /**
     * The absolute height of the display in pixels.
     */
    public int heightPixels;
    /**
     * 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 106 dpi screen it would be .75; etc.
     *  
     * <p>This value does not exactly follow the real screen size (as given by 
     * {@link #xdpi} and {@link #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). 
     */
    public float density;
    /**
     * A scaling factor for fonts displayed on the display.  This is the same
     * as {@link #density}, except that it may be adjusted in smaller
     * increments at runtime based on a user preference for the font size.
     */
    public float scaledDensity;
    /**
     * The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the X dimension.
     */
    public float xdpi;
    /**
     * The exact physical pixels per inch of the screen in the Y dimension.
     */
    public float ydpi;
    
    public DisplayMetrics() {
    }
    
    public void setTo(DisplayMetrics o) {
        widthPixels = o.widthPixels;
        heightPixels = o.heightPixels;
        density = o.density;
        scaledDensity = o.scaledDensity;
        xdpi = o.xdpi;
        ydpi = o.ydpi;
    }
    
    public void setToDefaults() {
        widthPixels = 0;
        heightPixels = 0;
        density = 1;
        scaledDensity = 1;
        xdpi = 160;
        ydpi = 160;
    }
}