Get Screen
Description
The Get Screen behavior will retrieve the screen properties including the position, size, zoom and aspect ratio. You can then output this to use with other behaviors, or create logic to make your project behave differently for different screen sizes.
This behavior will Trigger an event immediately when executed. As soon as the behavior is executed it will output the specified property.
Properties
Triggers Immediately
This behavior has no other properties to modify
Outputs
| X |
The current horizontal position of the center of the screen in world coordinates. |
| Y |
The current vertical position of the center of the screen in world coordinates. |
| Width |
The current width of the physical device screen measured in meters. This is independent of the zoom level. Eg. iPad is 32m. |
| Height |
The current height of the physical device screen measured in meters. This is independent of the zoom. Eg. the iPad height is 16m |
| Aspect Ratio |
The current device aspect ratio. Eg. iPad is 4:3. Learn more about the different aspect ratios and multiple screen sizes. |
| Zoom |
This is the current zoom level as a percentage. 100% is the default zoom level. |
Examples
If you are creating a Universal Project and want to know when the project is running on an iPhone or an iPad, you can use the Get Screen behavior to get the aspect ratio of the device. If it's 4:3 you know they are on an iPad, if it's 16:9 you know it's an iPhone 5 or newer.