public static int GetColor(Context context, int color)
{
var tv = new Android.Util.TypedValue();
context.Theme.ResolveAttribute(color, tv, true);
return(tv.Data);
}
/// <summary>
/// This method can be extended to get all android attributes color, string, dimension ...etc
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context"> used to fetch android attribute </param>
/// <param name="androidAttribute"> attribute codes like Resource.Attribute.colorAccent </param>
/// <returns> in this case color of android attribute </returns>
public static int fetchContextColor(Context context, int androidAttribute)
{
TypedValue typedValue = new TypedValue();
TypedArray a = context.ObtainStyledAttributes(typedValue.Data, new int[] { androidAttribute });
int color = a.GetColor(0, 0);
a.Recycle();
return(color);
}
/// <param name="context"> used to fetch display metrics </param>
/// <param name="dp"> dp value </param>
/// <returns> pixel value </returns>
public static int dp2px(Context context, float dp)
{
float px = TypedValue.ApplyDimension(ComplexUnitType.Dip, dp, context.Resources.DisplayMetrics);
return(Math.Round(px));
}