Hi, I'm trying to understand how the home screen calculates how many cells will be assigned to a given widget. I came across the following sentence in the Android Developer Site:
"Because the Home screen's layout orientation (and thus, the cell sizes) can change, as a rule of thumb, you should assume the worst- case cell size of 74 pixels for the height and width of a cell. However, you must subtract 2 from the final dimension to account for any integer rounding errors that occur in the pixel count. To find your minimum width and height in density-independent pixels (dp), use this formula: (number of cells * 74) - 2 Following this formula, you should use 72 dp for a height of one cell, 294 dp and for a width of four cells." What if I have a mdpi (160dpi) device whose resolution is 480x800? In a mdpi device, each 1 dip stands for 1 pixel. So, if my widget is 72dip x 294dip, it would take 72px x 294px in the mdpi device. As far as I cound understand, in the example above, the widget would not take 4 cells in this device. The device is 480 pixels wide and 294 pixels would be covered by 3 cells. Who's wrong here? The formula or my interpretation? Thanks in advance! -- 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
