Fixed aspect ratio View

Question

How would I go implementing a fixed aspect ratio View? I\'d like to have items with 1:1 aspect ratio in a GridView. I think it\'s better to subclas

Answer 1

I recently made a helper class for this very problem and wrote a blog post about it.

The meat of the code is as follows:

/**
 * Measure with a specific aspect ratio<br />
 * <br />
 * @param widthMeasureSpec The width <tt>MeasureSpec</tt> passed in your <tt>View.onMeasure()</tt> method
 * @param heightMeasureSpec The height <tt>MeasureSpec</tt> passed in your <tt>View.onMeasure()</tt> method
 * @param aspectRatio The aspect ratio to calculate measurements in respect to 
 */
public void measure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec, double aspectRatio) {
    int widthMode = MeasureSpec.getMode( widthMeasureSpec );
    int widthSize = widthMode == MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : MeasureSpec.getSize( widthMeasureSpec );
    int heightMode = MeasureSpec.getMode( heightMeasureSpec );
    int heightSize = heightMode == MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED ? Integer.MAX_VALUE : MeasureSpec.getSize( heightMeasureSpec );

    if ( heightMode == MeasureSpec.EXACTLY && widthMode == MeasureSpec.EXACTLY ) {
        /* 
         * Possibility 1: Both width and height fixed
         */
        measuredWidth = widthSize;
        measuredHeight = heightSize;

    } else if ( heightMode == MeasureSpec.EXACTLY ) {
        /*
         * Possibility 2: Width dynamic, height fixed
         */
        measuredWidth = (int) Math.min( widthSize, heightSize * aspectRatio );
        measuredHeight = (int) (measuredWidth / aspectRatio);

    } else if ( widthMode == MeasureSpec.EXACTLY ) {
        /*
         * Possibility 3: Width fixed, height dynamic
         */
        measuredHeight = (int) Math.min( heightSize, widthSize / aspectRatio );
        measuredWidth = (int) (measuredHeight * aspectRatio);

    } else {
        /* 
         * Possibility 4: Both width and height dynamic
         */
        if ( widthSize > heightSize * aspectRatio ) {
            measuredHeight = heightSize;
            measuredWidth = (int)( measuredHeight * aspectRatio );
        } else {
            measuredWidth = widthSize;
            measuredHeight = (int) (measuredWidth / aspectRatio);
        }

    }
}

Answer 2

You may find third-party libraries. Instead of using them, use constraint layout. Below code sets the aspect ratio of ImageView as 16:9 regardless of the screen size and orientation.

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:scaleType="fitXY"
        android:src="@drawable/mat3"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="H,16:9"/>

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="H,16:9". Here, height is set with respect to the width of the layout.

For your question, set android:layout_width="match_parent" and use app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="H,1:1" in your view.

Answer 3

I implemented FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout, so I can reuse it and have any hosted view be with fixed aspect ratio:

public class FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout extends FrameLayout
{
    private int mAspectRatioWidth;
    private int mAspectRatioHeight;

    public FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout(Context context)
    {
        super(context);
    }

    public FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
    {
        super(context, attrs);

        init(context, attrs);
    }

    public FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
    {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);

        init(context, attrs);
    }

    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
    {
        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout);

        mAspectRatioWidth = a.getInt(R.styleable.FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout_aspectRatioWidth, 4);
        mAspectRatioHeight = a.getInt(R.styleable.FixedAspectRatioFrameLayout_aspectRatioHeight, 3);

        a.recycle();
    }
    // **overrides**

    @Override protected void onMeasure (int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec)
    {
        int originalWidth = MeasureSpec.getSize(widthMeasureSpec);

        int originalHeight = MeasureSpec.getSize(heightMeasureSpec);

        int calculatedHeight = originalWidth * mAspectRatioHeight / mAspectRatioWidth;

        int finalWidth, finalHeight;

        if (calculatedHeight > originalHeight)
        {
            finalWidth = originalHeight * mAspectRatioWidth / mAspectRatioHeight; 
            finalHeight = originalHeight;
        }
        else
        {
            finalWidth = originalWidth;
            finalHeight = calculatedHeight;
        }

        super.onMeasure(
                MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(finalWidth, MeasureSpec.EXACTLY), 
                MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(finalHeight, MeasureSpec.EXACTLY));
    }
}

Answer 4

I've used and liked Jake Wharton's implementation of ImageView (should go similarly for other views), others might enjoy it too:

AspectRatioImageView.java - ImageView that respects an aspect ratio applied to a specific measurement

Nice thing it's styleable in xml already.

Answer 5

Simply override onSizeChanged and calculate ratio there.

Formula for aspect ratio is:

newHeight =  original_height / original_width x new_width

this would give you something like that:

 @Override
protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
    super.onSizeChanged(w, h, oldw, oldh);

    //3:5 ratio
    float RATIO = 5/3;
    setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams((int)RATIO * w, w));

}

hope this helps!

Answer 6

For new users, here's a better non-code solution :

A new support library called Percent Support Library is available in Android SDK v22 (MinAPI is 7 me thinks, not sure) :

src : android-developers.blogspot.in

The Percent Support Library provides percentage based dimensions and margins and, new to this release, the ability to set a custom aspect ratio via app:aspectRatio. By setting only a single width or height and using aspectRatio, the PercentFrameLayout or PercentRelativeLayout will automatically adjust the other dimension so that the layout uses a set aspect ratio.

To include add this to your build.gradle :

compile 'com.android.support:percent:23.1.1'

Now wrap your view (the one that needs to be square) with a PercentRelativeLayout / PercentFrameLayout :

<android.support.percent.PercentRelativeLayout
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content">
     <ImageView
         app:layout_aspectRatio="100%"
         app:layout_widthPercent="100%"/>
 </android.support.percent.PercentRelativeLayout>

You can see an example here.