re-setting a TextView height programmatically

Question

I want to reset a textView height after I have added it to the main window in the xml file.

inside a RelativeLayout,

Answer 1

In Kotlin with DP to pixels translation

  changeTextHeight.setOnClickListener { view ->

         // random height for testing
        val randomHeightInDP = Random().nextFloat() * (50.0f - 10.0f) + 10

        // set Height in pixels
        hello.layoutParams.height = convertDpToPixel(randomHeightInDP, applicationContext)
         //refresh layout
        hello.requestLayout()


    }

Convert DP to pixels, see this post:

fun convertDpToPixel(dp: Float, context: Context): Int {
        return (dp * (context.resources.displayMetrics.densityDpi.toFloat() / DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_DEFAULT)).toInt()
    }