Neilz wrote: > Right - so are you saying that this is not a common screen size, and > can be omitted without affecting to high a user base?
No, that's not what I'm saying. First, WVGA854 is the size for the Motorola DROID and Milestone, and that's a pretty popular device. I suspect there are more WVGA854 devices than WVGA800 devices. I am saying that right now there are six officially supported screen sizes, plus a few others in the wild that aren't aren't officially supported. Those numbers will only grow as Android tablets and TVs come into play. Your GUI design, by mandating that there is a background image for each screen size, means two things: 1. Your app will look odd on devices that are running a screen size you're not yet supporting 2. Any time you change your background, you'll need to do that once for each screen size you are supporting, so your maintenance effort will increase All I am asking you to do is to think carefully about creating a GUI design that will cause those two issues. If it's unavoidable, such as some games, Android has the tools (e.g., -hdpi-long) to make it work for you. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
