How to correctly size containing views

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Published on 2010-04-27T23:56:42Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 0:03 UTC
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I have an Activity that will display a custom view made up of 2 parts. I want one part to be 1/3 of visible screen height, the other part to be 2/3.

I can override onMeasure and use display metrics to find the height of the display, but this does not account for the battery bar or view title sizes.

DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics(); ((WindowManager)contxt.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm); int height = dm.heightPixels;

How can I tell the height of the displayable area? I'm prepared to override the layout or whatever. What is the Android best practices? I've seen other questions along this line, but they are inconclusive.

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