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VirtualDisplay

public final class VirtualDisplay
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.hardware.display.VirtualDisplay


Represents a virtual display. The content of a virtual display is rendered to a Surface that you must provide to DisplayManager#createVirtualDisplay.

Because a virtual display renders to a surface provided by the application, it will be released automatically when the process terminates and all remaining windows on it will be forcibly removed. However, you should also explicitly call release() when you're done with it.

See also:

Summary

Nested classes

class VirtualDisplay.Callback

Interface for receiving information about a VirtualDisplay's state changes. 

Public methods

Display getDisplay()

Gets the virtual display.

Surface getSurface()

Gets the surface that backs the virtual display.

void release()

Releases the virtual display and destroys its underlying surface.

void resize(int width, int height, int densityDpi)

Asks the virtual display to resize.

void setSurface(Surface surface)

Sets the surface that backs the virtual display.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

Inherited methods

Public methods

getDisplay

public Display getDisplay ()

Gets the virtual display.

Returns
Display

getSurface

public Surface getSurface ()

Gets the surface that backs the virtual display.

Returns
Surface

release

public void release ()

Releases the virtual display and destroys its underlying surface.

All remaining windows on the virtual display will be forcibly removed as part of releasing the virtual display.

resize

public void resize (int width, 
                int height, 
                int densityDpi)

Asks the virtual display to resize.

This is really just a convenience to allow applications using virtual displays to adapt to changing conditions without having to tear down and recreate the display.

Parameters
width int

height int

densityDpi int

setSurface

public void setSurface (Surface surface)

Sets the surface that backs the virtual display.

Detaching the surface that backs a virtual display has a similar effect to turning off the screen.

It is still the caller's responsibility to destroy the surface after it has been detached.

Parameters
surface Surface: The surface to set, or null to detach the surface from the virtual display.

toString

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())
 

Returns
String a string representation of the object.