Why does screen width and screen change with changing orientation?

Asked Jul 10 '14 at 06:23

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I ran an application on my nexus 7 that calculated the screen width and height on my device. In portrait mode, my application gave me a height of 1824 px and a width of 1200 px. These dimensions made sense to me. However in landscape mode, my application gave me a height of 1104px and a width of 1920 px. From Does the Width and Height change with orientation?, I got that with changing orientation, screen width and height change, but shouldnt the dimensions just flip? To me, its the same fundamental screen

The code i used to calculate the screen size

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
int height = display.getHeight();
int width = display.getWidth();

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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asked Jul 10 '14 at 06:23

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maybe that difference is because of the notification bar on the top which is changing as well if you flip the device? – stamanuel Jul 10 '14 at 06:31
yeah but if you count the notification bar, it still takes up the same width /height – committedandroider Jul 10 '14 at 07:33

Why does screen width and screen change with changing orientation?

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