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Bookmark or Share- What is the difference between px, dip, dp, and sp?Use dp if you want to mention width and height to grow & shrink dynamically based on screen sizes. if we give dp/dip, android will automatically calculate the pixel size on the basis of 160 pixel sized screen. SP(Scale independent pixels): scaled based on user’s font size preference. Fonts should use sp.
- How do dp, dip, dpi, ppi, pixels and inches relate?DP = 25.4÷ppi 0.25 DP is standard, jagged edge 0.20 DP is considered much clearer 160 ppi = 0.158 DP. So DiP is actually a rounded approximation of 1000 x DP, and the 2 are not equivalent, just very close approximations. As mentioned before, you should not base things off of pixel size since you can zoom.
- What does %~dp0 mean, and how does it work? - Stack OverflowThe ~dp special syntax between the % and the 0 basically says to expand the variable %0 to show the drive letter and path, which gives you the current directory containing the batch file! Help = Link
- android - Converting pixels to dp - Stack OverflowDP is the resolution when you only factor the physical size of the screen. When you use DP it will scale your layout to other similar sized screens with different pixel densities. Occasionally you actually want pixels though, and when you deal with dimensions in code you are always dealing with real pixels, unless you convert them.
- What's dp (density independent pixels) units with CSS?I disagree with the currently accepted answer. As uber5001 suggests, a px is a fixed unit, and in a similar spirit to the efforts of the Android-specifc dp. Per Material's spec: When writing CSS, use px wherever dp or sp is stated. Dp only needs to be used in developing for Android. Additionally. When designing for the web, replace dp with px ...
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