I want to do this because it's what my client tells me to do. Not my decision. They have designed the app for phone size only and want it to scale up for larger devices (or not run on larger devices at all). The app contains many specially designed images, some that should cover the whole screen and some that should fill the width of the screen (portrait mode only) while maintaining the original aspect ratio.
On 24 Maj, 00:49, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't force the Xoom to use hdpi. You will be inconsistent with every other > app, all of which are using the Xoom's correct density which is mdpi. > > Why do you want to do this? > > As I've said, Galaxy Tab made a design decision to use a larger density and > thus have a blown up UI. Again use the density the device reports so you > are consistent with the UI in the rest of the device. > > Trying to play games like this is only going to lead to pain. Use the > density the device reports. > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:37 PM, nadam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Samsung decided to make it's mdpi-device Galaxy Tab use hdpi drawables > > simply because it looks better. Motorola decided to stick to mdpi on > > the Xoom. This is probably the core of the issues people have with > > making their apps look good on tablets. > > > I know there are ways to "make it right" which possibly work for ~95% > > of all apps. Then we have the ~5% apps where it makes more sense to > > have larger drawables on larger screens. > > > Is there any way to force the Xoom (and similar devices) to use the > > hdpi drawables or even xhdpi? > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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
