How do you use a script to detect the resolution of the electronic you are using?

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#1

It says it all in the title, how do you detect screen size? Let’s say I was playing a game with a phone, and I wanted to know what the size of the phone is, how can I tell with a script? Or, is it possible to resize UI so it looks good on all platforms with constraints? I know I can use UI scale but I need to know the size of the screen first

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#2

The easiest way to do this (imo) is to use ScreenGui’s AbsoluteSize property.

Example Script

local size = ScreenGui.AbsoluteSize
local x = size.X
local y = size.Y

print("The user's screen size is", x, "by", y, "pixels.")
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#3

You could also use the property of the camera:

camera.ViewportSize

Current Vector2 size of the viewport.

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#4

But then, wouldn’t the UI look different on different devices? eg. a rectangular one on computer would look square on ipad. Assuming we are using percents

#5

A ScreenGui object does not have a configurable size. It’s AbsoluteSize value returns exactly how big the screen is (in pixels)

#6

You could mess around with UI Constraints to create proper minimum and maximum sizes for each UI element.

#7

This is my problem @C_Sharper @ElliottLMz:


These are the properties of the uisize constraint:
Capture

#8

This issue isn’t what you described in your title.
Nethertheless:

Use the offset property, this defines the exact pixels of the element’s size, whereas scale is the % of the screen the element will be sized.

#9 
 frame.Position = UDim2.new(1,-frame.AbsoluteSize.X,0,0)
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#10

It is, I need the ui to be a size retaliative to the screen size, and I didn’t know how to detect screen size.

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frame:GetPropertyChangedSignal("AbsoluteSize"):Connect(function(newSize)
    frame.Position = UDim2.new(1,-newSize.X,0,0)
end)
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