android - Programmatically set height on LayoutParams as density-independent pixels

Question

Is there any way to set the height/width of a LayoutParams as density-independent pixels (dp)? It looks like the height/width, when set programmatically, are in pixels and not dp.

Answer 1

You need to convert your dip value into pixels:

int height = (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, <HEIGHT>, getResources().getDisplayMetrics());

For me this does the trick.