Why are my animations different compared to phone/tablet (density) and how to prevent it?

Question

When using an ObjectAnimator to move an item I get different results due to the density difference between my devices. How would I go about making these independent from density?

ObjectAnimator anim1 = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(clockLayout, "translationY", 0f, -80f);
                anim1.setDuration(300);

Answer 1

Best way I found is to add a dimension using dpi:

so in your values dimens.xml file:

<dimen name="delta_y">80dp</dimen>

and then you can turn this into a float in your activity with:

float deltaY = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.delta_y);

ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(clockLayout, "translationY", 0f, -deltaY);