Android Get Screen dimensions from Service

Question

Hi Guys though i got the Screen Size by using the following from a activity,

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();

But the same thing is not working from a service (for obvious reasons, i know!) but i desperately need to get the display size from a service. Can some1 please explain me any other way for getting the ScreenSize??

So i guess as far as i see, there is no way we can get the Screen size from the service. Wat i have done as of now is to start the activity atleast 1ce by default and store the actual screen size in pixels in the shared preferences. I use the shared preferences to get the value when the service starts.

Is this the only way it'll work out??? Cant we by any means get the screen size from the service??

Answer 1

Ok Guys I guess there is really no way to obtain the Screen Dimensions using a service! I have currently accessed the screen dimensions by saving the dimensions in the Shared Preferences when the activity is started the first time. Later when the service has to use it, it can access the dimensions from the shared preferences... Guess this is the only way out as of now... Thanx all for your valuable help!!!

Answer 2

If you are starting the service on boot (or automatically any other way) then shared prefs is a good way. However, if the only way you start the service is thru calling Context.startService() then it actually makes more sense to just place an extra in the Intent that you use to start the service. – Hamy 18 secs ago edit