So short of modifying the display drivers themselves to report the larger resolution and translate, there's no way to trick it...
Thanks though. On Apr 26, 5:52 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > No, Android fundamentally has no current support for non-square pixels. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:23 AM, SytheZN <sythe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I realise this may have been asked before, but I'm struggling to find any > > relevant information. > > > First things first, I've got a cheapy tablet (Zenithink C7). > > > The display resolution is 800x480 which works out to 5:3. > > The physical dimensions are 154x85.5mm which gives me an approx. physical > > aspect of 9:5. > > > Given these variables, pixel aspect should be 27:25. > > > If I resize an image or video to match this pixel aspect the distortion is > > not noticible. > > Unfortunately, the rest of the system (GUI .etc) all appear stretched. > > > My query is this: > > Although the compliance specs say the pixel aspect should be 1:1, is there > > any way I can tweak the graphics > > subsystem to account for the variance in pixel aspect? > > > I'm not overly concerned with OpenGL correction, but it'd be nice if i > > could sort out the aspect ratio system-wide. > > > My thoughts were to perhaps give the UI subsystem a fictitious resolution > > (i.e. 864x480) to display on screen. > > > Is this possible? > > If so, how would i go about it? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
