Android: get width of Layout programatically having fill_parent in its xml

Question

I have the a LinearLayout with width set in xml as fill_parent , now i need its width at runtime programatically. So i did this:

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Answer 1

First of all, you should use match_parent instead of fill_parent (deprecated).

When you do int width=layParamsGet.width;, you take the right result which is -1 corresponding at fill_parent. If you wan't to get the real width, you need to wait onMesure() call and use

LinearLayout layoutGet=(LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.GameField1);
int width = layoutGet. getMeasuredHeight();