Android: Is line length in PX or DIP?

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I have a custom view.

When I draw a line from (x,y) to (x+10,y), is the distance in DIP or PX?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '14 at 00:51

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At runtime, the system transparently handles any scaling of the dp units, as necessary, based on the actual density of the screen in use.

Thus, all units are in dp.

answered Sep 01 '14 at 00:51

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '14 at 00:52

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If you are using one of the Canvas.drawLine methods it is in PX

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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I believe it's in pixels. If you want to know how to convert from DP to pixels as in if you want your custom view to work with DPs just like all other Views.

Converting pixels to dp

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answered Sep 01 '14 at 00:53

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Android: Is line length in PX or DIP?

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