Android TextView Width units?

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I am trying to retrieve the width of my TextView which is loaded with text. Here is the code I use,

txt_MyText.measure(0, 0);
float textViewWidth = txt_MyText.getMeasuredWidth();

Now this code returns the value as 25882.0

I am testing this on Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge which has a Screen Dimension of Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge 5.1″ 1440×2560

I am not sure in what unit this value is returned. In my XML I am setting the TextView width as WRAP_CONTENT.

How to get the width of the text view in PIXELS.

Thanks.

All the values that framework provides are in pixels. – azizbekian Jun 19 '17 at 12:32 — azizbekian, Jun 19 '17 at 12:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '17 at 17:03

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txt_MyText.getWidth() // this will get you the view's width
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Android TextView Width units?

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