Yes, agreed. I just would have preferred the users to get a letter box size, rather then a postage stamp size.
I am impressed that this is the first change I have had to do since Android 1.5, and the change is really only to support new hardware. Excellent work Android team! :-) On Jan 11, 2:09 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Craig Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That is, no postage stamp in the middle like we did for apps > > > targeting prior to 1.6 that only ever thought about 480x320 > > > mdpi screens. > > That is what I was talking about. I would prefer 1.5 and earlier apps > > to expand and not get boxed to a postage stamp. > > ...and yes, I know, I really should upgrade my apps to 1.6. :-) > > Yes, you really should update your app to either say it *knows* about > something more than 1.5 (through android:targetSdkVersion) or that it knows > about larger screens. > > We have been talking about this stuff for well over a year. I think it is > unlikely at this point to have a UI for users to be able to switch apps > between postage stamp and letter box, because that is a poorer experience > than one where the apps just do the right thing in the first place. And > besides, it wouldn't help any existing tablets that are now shipping or will > soon. If you care about the user experience here with your app, make it do > *something* reasonable. > > -- > 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
