If you create a sample project that can demonstrate the problem, I'd like to take a peek at it.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:44 PM, William Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Moktarul, thanks for the input but this isn't about attempting to > scale particular images or views. > This is about attempting to choose an appropriate layout for the > device. > Ie on devices that have enough room to fit more fields (eg tablets) I > display extra fields. > > What I'm struggling with is how the decision on which resource > qualified layout is chosen. > > In particular why an 800*400 160dpi device is considered large-hdpi > > William > > > On Feb 22, 9:35 pm, moktarul anam <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi William, >> I will suggest you to use layout weight/ weight sum ( basically >> instead if giving dip value, give in percentage) >> >> Moktarul Anam > > >> >> On Feb 22, 7:08 am, William Ferguson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I am trying to work out why a device (in this case an AVD) that is >> > 800*400 and mdpi is selecting a layout that is large-hdpi. >> >> > There are only 2 layout options for the app, the default and large- >> > hdpi. >> > I can conceivably see how the device could be considered large >> > - large screens are at least 640dp x 480dp >> > (fromhttp://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#range) >> > even though it's not quite there is one dimension. >> >> > But it's only 160dpi, so certainly not hdpi (ie approx 240dpi). >> >> > I had always thought that in order to match a resource qualifier >> > (including layout) you need to at least match all items. So I expected >> > this to fail to match based on density. Is my understanding incorrect? >> > Is it actually trying to do a nearest match or best fit and is >> > determining that large-hdpi is the closest fit for large-mdpi? >> >> > It's almost like it has ignored density altogether when choosing the >> > layout. >> >> > Is there a way to programatically determine which resource selectors >> > have been used to choose layout? >> >> > William > > -- > 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
