Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2012-2013 Trento RISE * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. ******************************************************************************/ import android.content.Context; import android.content.res.Resources; import android.util.DisplayMetrics; public class Main { /** * This method converts device specific pixels to density independent * pixels. * * @param px * A value in px (pixels) unit. Which we need to convert into db * @param context * Context to get resources and device specific display metrics * @return A float value to represent dp equivalent to px value */ public static float convertPixelsToDp(float px, Context context) { Resources resources = context.getResources(); DisplayMetrics metrics = resources.getDisplayMetrics(); float dp = px / (metrics.densityDpi / 160f); return dp; } }