I'm not sure what you mean by that. Android will ignore the aspect ratio of the pixels. If your pixels are tall, the entire UI will be visually corresponding taller than normal. I can't imagine what "trick" a display driver would do to change this in any reasonable way.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:38 AM, SytheZN <sythe...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
