To me, this high-res icon could be used on the market on mobile devices, by using server-side resizing.
There are problems with using the apk icon in the market listings: 1. the market displays icons in odd sizes such as 51px, etc.. Resizing from 48px or 72px to such sizes can only produce ugly results. Downsizing from 512px should be much better (some graphic designers do that in certain cases). 2. the icon guidelines say that a launcher icon must include quite a lot of padding. But on the market your icon then look ridiculously small when compared to others. By having a market-specific icon (different from the one in the apk), one could use a larger one on the market, while still respecting the guidelines for the launcher icon. So, this is just a supposition, but I think it could be used on mobile devices. That said, maybe that you're right, and that it's only for Google TV... Anyway, high res icon or not, what are your methods to get non-blurred/pixel-sharp icons in the market listings?? Olivier On 11/17/2010 05:09 PM, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > I'm also wondering what devices / scenarios it's for. > > Android Market on mobile devices uses actual screen-size screenshots for > application details view, and there is not enough room for such large > icons in the application list view. > > Perhaps it's for Google TV or for desktop-oriented Market? > > Hopefully there is an explanation coming soon enough. > > -- Kostya > > 17.11.2010 19:03, Olivier Guilyardi пишет: >> Hi, >> >> I have noticed that there's a new high-res icon field in the market >> console. >> Does anyone know what that's for? >> >> I have tested this new field, and I can tell for sure that it was >> ignored when >> rendering the android market icon. Maybe that it will get used after a >> market >> upgrade... >> >> Furthermore, I have had problems with the market icon. After various >> tests, I >> have realized that it is always the mdpi icon, scaled to some random >> size (51px, >> etc..), even if there's a hdpi icon, and whatever device I used. >> >> But I see some icons which seem to be pixel-sharp. Is this just an >> illusion or >> is there a trick? >> >> TIA >> >> -- >> Olivier >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
