Saturday, May 16, 2026

Android java: calculating grid column and grid row

Target emoji size 48 dp


        // ------------ EMOJI PICKER
        // target emoji size
        int finalWidth=xxx,finalHeight=yyy; // final value for IME View
        int orientationIdx = (cfg.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) ? 0 : 1;
        float density = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density; // 
        final float targetEmojiSize = 48; // dp
        //final float targetEmojiSize = (orientationIdx==0) ? 48f : 40f; // orientationIdx==0 -> portrait

        //final float targetEmojiWidthPx = targetEmojiSize * (mXdpi / 160f);
        //final float targetEmojiHeightPx = targetEmojiSize * (mYdpi / 160f);
        //emojiGridColumns = Math.max(1, (int) (finalWidth/targetEmojiWidthPx));
        //emojiGridRows = Math.max(1, finalHeight/targetEmojiHeightPx;
        float targetEmojiSizePx = targetEmojiSize*density;  // landscape too small
        //float targetEmojiSizePx = (orientationIdx==0) ?
        //          targetEmojiSize * (mYdpi / 160f) :
        //        targetEmojiSize * (mXdpi / 160f) ;

        emojiGridColumns = Math.max(3, (int) (finalWidth/targetEmojiSizePx));
        //emojiGridRows = Math.max(1f,
        //        ((finalHeight*0.8f)/targetEmojiSizePx)-1f); // we just use 0.8 of finalHeight
        emojiGridRows = (orientationIdx==0) ?
                Math.max(1f,
                ((finalHeight*0.8f)/targetEmojiSizePx)) :
                Math.max(1f,
                        ((finalHeight*0.8f)/targetEmojiSizePx)-1)
        ; // we just use 0.8 of finalHeight

        Log.e("dedetok", "targetEmojiSize "+targetEmojiSize+" targetEmojiSizePx "+targetEmojiSizePx); // debug
        Log.e("dedetok", "finalWidth "+finalWidth+" finalHeight "+finalHeight); // debug
        Log.e("dedetok", "emojiGridColumns "+emojiGridColumns+" emojiGridRows "+emojiGridRows); // debug

 Note, you can remove *0.8f, in this context, the emoji only occupied 0.8 of finalHeight, not full. -1 is magic forcing internal emoji picker to reduce row and recalculate the emoji size.