Android Market Website is my guess.

On Nov 17, 6:19 pm, Olivier Guilyardi <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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

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