So on an hdpi screen the icons will be smaller. So my apps made on a nexus and emulator will not display as I believe they will. Rather all my images will be smaller whilst text boxes etc will be the same (unless I am using dip not sp). Then drawable-large folder is for large screens with hdpi or mdpi? And I am not sure whether photoshop's dpi setting does anything than change the size of the image.
Clearly I need to go to school about all this because I come from a programming background. At first site I need larger images for larger dpi screens. Hope I can find out how much larger and which folder to put them in. On Aug 14, 5:41 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Droid <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find too many possible image folders confusing and it does not seem > > to make any difference if I make an image in Photoshop as 70 dpi, 150 > > dpi or whatever - it just makes a bigger or smaller image. > > Of course. That's the point. On a high density device, you use a > high-pixel-count image to result in something that renders the right > size but has more detail. On a low density device, you use a > low-pixel-count image to result in something that renders the right > size (i.e., not blown up huge). > > > So, can I use just drawable-small, large, xlarge and DROP all my hdpi, > > mdpi and ldpi folders > > Not really. > > > (which confuse me). > > Since screen density is going to be fairly important in all GUI > programming going forward, perhaps you should consider learning more > about screen density, rather than thinking you can ignore the problem. > > For example, I am typing this on a notebook with a 15.6" notebook with > a 1080p (1920x108) display. This is a significantly higher screen > density than typical notebooks. As a result, icons, text, etc. tend to > come out smaller, since few programmers or Web designers think about > screen density. And, sometimes Web designers even actively prevent > solutions (e.g., can't increase font size using a browser because > they're doing something screwy that just doesn't respond). > > > If I can get away with this, life would be so much easier. > > Not really. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.9 Available! -- 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
