What is the difference between Rect and RectF in the Android SDK?
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Using Rect you define its edges using integers and using RectF they are defined as floats.
Looking at them more carefully I have spotted a few differences actually. I will only list what one implementation has more compared to the other one.
Rect
- equals(Object obj) (for some reason it has its own implementation of equals)
- exactCenterX()
- exactCenterY()
- flattenToString()
- toShortString()
- unflattenFromString(String str)
RectF
So apparently there are some differences.
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Yep one is defined with int http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/Rect.html the other with float http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/RectF.html. a part form that I don't know of any difference which begs the question why create 2 separate classes for that ^^ – Jason Rogers Feb 06 '11 at 13:52
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@JasonRogers I agree that it is somewhat funny. – Octavian Helm Feb 06 '11 at 13:59
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I actually went to check the documentation to see if one didn't inherit the other with a bit of casting but not even that lol – Jason Rogers Feb 06 '11 at 14:01
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@JasonRogers apparently there are some differences! I have listed them in my answer. – Octavian Helm Feb 06 '11 at 14:14
