measuring a view before rendering it

Question

I need to find out how big a view will be after attaching it to its parent.

I have overridden this method:

onMeasure(int, int);

but

Answer 1

I'm having the same problem. I guess the only way is to render it first, then remove it after if it meets the size condition. Seems a bit of an odd way, but Android only seems to know the dimensions after drawing.