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Android - get TextView or EditText Size
int deviceWidth;
WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) textView.getContext().getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB_MR2){
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);
deviceWidth = size.x;
} else {
deviceWidth = display.getWidth();
}
TextView textView = new TextView(context);
textView.setPadding(padding,0,padding,padding);
textView.setTypeface(typeface);
textView.setText(text, TextView.BufferType.SPANNABLE);
textView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, textSize);
int widthMeasureSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(deviceWidth, View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
int heightMeasureSpec = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
textView.measure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
return textView.getMeasuredHeight();
TextPaint myTextPaint = new TextPaint();
myTextPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
// this is how you would convert sp to pixels based on screen density
//myTextPaint.setTextSize(16 * context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density);
myTextPaint.setTextSize(textSize);
Layout.Alignment alignment = Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_NORMAL;
float spacingMultiplier = 1;
float spacingAddition = padding; // optionally apply padding here
boolean includePadding = padding != 0;
StaticLayout myStaticLayout = new StaticLayout(text, myTextPaint, deviceWidth, alignment, spacingMultiplier, spacingAddition, includePadding);
return myStaticLayout.getHeight();
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