Getting the width/height of a layout in Android

Question

I'm wondering how to measure the dimensions of a view. In my case it is aan Absolute Layout. I've read the answers concerning those questions but I still don't get it.

This is my code:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
    setContentView(R.layout.main);      

    AbsoluteLayout layoutbase = (AbsoluteLayout) findViewById(R.id.layoutbase);       

    drawOval(); 

}
public void drawOval(){ //, int screenWidth, int screenHeight){ 
    AbsoluteLayout layoutbase = (AbsoluteLayout) findViewById(R.id.layoutbase);     

    int screenWidth = layoutbase.getWidth();
    int screenHeight = layoutbase.getHeight();
    Log.i("MyActivity", "screenWidth: " + screenWidth + ", screenHeight: " +screenHeight);

    Coordinates c = new Coordinates(BUTTONSIZE,screenWidth,screenHeight);

    ...some code ...

    ((ViewGroup) layoutbase ).addView(mybutton, new AbsoluteLayout.LayoutParams(BUTTONSIZE, BUTTONSIZE, c.mX, c.mY));


    mybutton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
            showText(mybutton);
        }
    });
}

public void showText(View button){      

    int x = findViewById(LAYOUT).getWidth();
    int y = findViewById(LAYOUT).getHeight(); 

    Toast message = Toast.makeText(this, "x: " + x , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);       
    message.show();     


}

The getWidth() command works great in showText() but it does not in drawOval(). I know it looks a bit different there but I also used the int x = findViewById(LAYOUT).getWidth(); version in drawOval(), and x/y are always 0. I don't really understand why there seems to be no width/height at that earlier point. Even if I actually draw a Button on the Absolute Layout, getWidth() returns 0. Oviously I want to measure the sizes in drawOval().

Answer 1

I think will help you.

   LinearLayout headerLayout = (LinearLayout)findviewbyid(R.id.headerLayout);
    ViewTreeObserver observer = headerLayout .getViewTreeObserver();
            observer.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {

        @Override
        public void onGlobalLayout() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            int headerLayoutHeight= headerLayout.getHeight();
        int headerLayoutWidth = headerLayout.getWidth();
        headerLayout .getViewTreeObserver().removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(
                this);
    }
});


}