I have a ListView that I want each row to fill a third of the available screen. I have the status bar visible, and then an actionBar with slidingTabs beneath. I'm doing the current calculation like this:
height = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().heightPixels;
if (context.getTheme().resolveAttribute(android.R.attr.actionBarSize, tv, true))
{
actionBarHeight = TypedValue.complexToDimensionPixelSize(tv.data,context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
Log.d("actionBarHeigth", actionBarHeight.toString());
}
And setting the views height like this:
holder.imageView.getLayoutParams().height = (height - actionBarHeight*2) / 3;
But the rows of the list are slightly too big, and i guess it's the status bar causing it. How can I add the height of it to my calculations?
Based on @rasmeta 's answer I made this code and it does the trick. My rows are now exactly a third of the available screen. Here is how to get the height of the status bar:
int resource = context.getResources().getIdentifier("status_bar_height", "dimen", "android");
if (resource > 0) {
statusBarHeight = context.getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(resource);
}
And the calculation of the height of each row goes like this:
holder.imageView.getLayoutParams().height = (screenHeight - statusBarHeight - actionBarHeight*2) / 3;
// actionBarHeight * 2 because the tabs have the same height as the actionBar.