You really shouldn't make widgets that are so sensitive to size. Note that app widgets are not well defined about the size they will get -- they are a very general mechanism, and all kinds of things can host them. Today the built-in launcher does, and most third party launchers support them as well, and I wouldn't count on the dimensions used across these to be consistent. In the future other parts of the platform besides the launcher could host widgets, and its dimensions will probably be slightly different as well.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, this whole thing is part of work I have to do to fix up my > widgets. I have a widget that lists a number of items. On HDPI, I > can fit 5 items, while on MDPI, only 4. I thought that I'd put the > number of rows as an "integer" resource. Since I don't know what the > correct values should be for XHDPI / LDPI (I suspect 3 and 6), I > wanted to just put 5 in the base value folder as a fallback for > everything. (I had to do the same with specific layouts, but that's > not important). > > Needless to say, my plan didn't work, so to fix it, I had to put 5 > into the values-hdpi folder as well as in the base value folder. > > On Dec 30, 3:47 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Resource selection is generic, not tied to the resource type. This > > selection makes sense for drawables, so it is correct. > > > > As a general rule for density configurations, I strongly recommend not > > mixing specific densities with generic values. Since all densities are a > > potential match, as you see here it can lead to results you don't want. > > > > Also doing what you are doing is unusual, to say the least. Generally > one > > would do this as a dimension resource, so it can be expressed as "10dp" > or > > whatever and thus automatically scaled for the density. (In that case > you > > would just have one generic value, not specifying different values for > > different densities.) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have an integer resource defined. Placed the default value into > > > values/integers.xml and an MDPI override in values-mdpi/integers.xml > > > > > On my HDPI device, the resource that's picked comes from the MDPI > > > folder and not the default folder. I consider this a bug. I can see > > > it being correct for drawables, as you would want to scale from the > > > closest match, but for anything else, I believe this should absolutely > > > not be the case. > > > > > PS: I tried to test what would happen on an LDPI screen, but I am no > > > longer able to start a QVGA emulator session. The emulator, running > > > either 2.2 and 2.3 just hangs after the text "A N D R O I D" boot > > > screen. > > > > > -- > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%2bunsubs[email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
