diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 04339a1c2..bc3e0480d 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
    * not all instances of PApplet will necessarily be started on a screen of 
    * the same size. 
    */
-  public int screenW, screenH;
+  public int screenWidth, screenHeight;
 //  public Dimension screen =
 //    Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
 
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
 
     DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics();
     getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm);
-    screenW = dm.widthPixels;
-    screenH = dm.heightPixels;
+    screenWidth = dm.widthPixels;
+    screenHeight = dm.heightPixels;
     //println("screen size is " + screenWidth + "x" + screenHeight);
 
     if (sketchRenderer().equals(A2D)) {
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
       surfaceView = new SketchSurfaceView3D(this);
     }
 
-    width = screenW;
-    height = screenH;
+    width = screenWidth;
+    height = screenHeight;
 
     window.setContentView(surfaceView);  // set full screen
 
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
       // before surfaceChanged() is ever called.
       PGraphics newGraphics = new PGraphicsAndroid3D();
       // Set semi-arbitrary size; will be set properly when surfaceChanged() called
-      newGraphics.setSize(screenW, screenH);
+      newGraphics.setSize(screenWidth, screenHeight);
       newGraphics.setParent(PApplet.this);
       newGraphics.setPrimary(true);
       g = newGraphics;
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
 //      println("creating graphics");
       PGraphics newGraphics = new PGraphicsAndroid2D();
       // Set semi-arbitrary size; will be set properly when surfaceChanged() called
-      newGraphics.setSize(screenW, screenH);
+      newGraphics.setSize(screenWidth, screenHeight);
 //      newGraphics.setSize(getWidth(), getHeight());
       newGraphics.setParent(PApplet.this);
       newGraphics.setPrimary(true);
@@ -731,12 +731,12 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
 
 
   public int sketchWidth() {
-    return screenW;
+    return screenWidth;
   }
 
 
   public int sketchHeight() {
-    return screenH;
+    return screenHeight;
   }
 
 
diff --git a/android/todo.txt b/android/todo.txt
index 412043578..247363d03 100644
--- a/android/todo.txt
+++ b/android/todo.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 0179
+X screenWidth/Height instead of screenW/H
+
+previous
+X don't require JDK installation and PATH setting
+X   if using processing with java download, should be able to use its tools.jar
+X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1470
 
 
 _ make size() work to place the component at the center of the screen
@@ -79,10 +85,6 @@ P1 _ errors that happen inside events (e.g. keys) not highlighting lines
 P1 _   useful stack trace information not coming through.. why?
 P1 _   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1384
 
-_ don't require JDK installation and PATH setting
-_   if using processing with java download, should be able to use its tools.jar
-_   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1470
-
 _ only send error text to System.err (i.e. "Launching emulator" is not an error)
 _   send these debug log messages to System.out
 
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 99f4c419e..54a96f124 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -273,13 +273,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
    * not all instances of PApplet will necessarily be started on a screen of 
    * the same size. 
    */
-  static public int screenW;
-  static public int screenH;
-  static {
-    Dimension size = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
-    screenW = size.width;
-    screenH = size.height;
-  }
+  public int screenWidth, screenHeight;
 
   /** 
    * Use screenW and screenH instead.
@@ -670,6 +664,10 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   public void init() {
 //    println("Calling init()");
 
+    Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
+    screenWidth = screen.width;
+    screenHeight = screen.height;
+
     // send tab keys through to the PApplet
     setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled(false);
 
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 7eb553a08..3858f8fd8 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 0179 core
+X screenWidth/Height instead of screenW/H
 
 
 big ones