Get Device Properties using Xamarin Forms?

Question

i\'m designing a cross platform app using xamarin forms. every page/view/Form designed from code behind. now i want to read Height and Width of the device used by user. base

Answer 1

To get the screen width (or height) within a Xamarin.Forms solution, I usually add the following few lines of code:

1. Define a public static property in the shared code, preferably in App.cs:

   static public int ScreenWidth;
   

2. Initialize it for iOS at the beginning of FinishedLaunching in AppDelegate.cs:

   App.ScreenWidth = (int)UIScreen.MainScreen.Bounds.Width;
   

3. Initialize it for Android in OnCreate of MainActivity.cs (as described here)

   App.ScreenWidth = (int)(Resources.DisplayMetrics.WidthPixels / Resources.DisplayMetrics.Density);
   

   (By dividing by the density this yields device independent pixels.)

I didn't work with Windows Phone, but there should be an equivalent command. And of course, getting the screen height works similarly.

Now you can access App.ScreenWidth anywhere in your code.