Android: get width of Layout programatically having fill_parent in its xml

Question

I have the a LinearLayout with width set in xml as fill_parent , now i need its width at runtime programatically. So i did this:

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Answer 1

I got a simple approach working.

myLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.my_layout);
myLayout.post(new Runnable() 
    {

        @Override
        public void run()
        {
            Log.i("TEST", "Layout width : "+ myLayout.getWidth());

        }
    });

Jens Vossnack's approach mentioned below works fine. However, I found that the onGlobalLayout() method of GlobalLayoutListener is called repeatedly, which may not be appropriate in certain cases.