You are free to contribute a patch. On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]>wrote:
> What does it take to get this documentation updated, so that thousands > of man-hours around the world are not completely wasted learning an > obsolete approach? > > For that matter, what good does it do to create a new and better API > if the people who would benefit from it don't KNOW about it, and are > instead learning the old way -- because Google left the documentation > for the old way showing up in the obvious Google searches? > > On Jan 17, 9:33 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > That was written before there was multiple densities, so you should take > 74 > > as in dp. So that is 74 pixels in mdpi, 1.5x in hdpi, etc. > > > > An mdpi device with a 480x800 screen has more layout space than a 480x800 > > hdpi screen. So the size of the widgets in pixels is still 74, but > launcher > > can just put more widgets on its screen because it has more space. It > would > > definitely be covered by more than 3 cells. > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Cleverson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[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]<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
