Yes I would say stronger than that -- density goes with drawables, screen size goes with layouts. If you are doing screen size with drawables or density with layouts, it is 99% likely you are doing something wrong.
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:27 AM, davemac <[email protected]> wrote: > You should keep the following in mind: a larger screen does not > necessarily mean a higher pixel density screen. And that's the big > reason why you can't just consider screen size and not screen density. > I don't think one exists, but in theory you could have an xlarge > screen device with a low pixel density (ldpi). You should expect some > normal size screens to have mdpi and others to have hdpi densities. > Same with large and xlarge screens (both mdpi and ldpi). > > I would say that *in general* you would use ldpi, mdpi and hdpi for > drawables (so your images appear with the right amount of detail for > that device's screen density), and small, large and xlarge for layouts > (where you'll probably have less stuff, including images, on small > screens versus the larger screens). > > Hope this helps. > > - dave > http://www.androidbook.com/proandroid3 > > On Aug 14, 1:58 pm, Droid <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > -- 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
