One year on, now we have xhdpi devices and tvdpi (or whatever it is called for the Nexus 7), what is the recommended screenshot size to use?
One thing I don't like with the Galaxy Nexus screenshots, is that they include the soft (back, home, multitasking) buttons - so the user ends up seeing those in the screenshot and again the real soft buttons on their screen. On Tuesday, 28 June 2011 18:54:07 UTC+8, MarcoAndroid wrote: > > Yup it's now a day later, images are looking fine now on my N1 in the > market. So 320x480 seems the way to go. > > On 27 jun, 21:12, MarcoAndroid <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, just noticed that my screenshots of uploaded 480x800 format > > look in my phone'smarketexactly the same as the previews in the dev > > console, cropped with left say 20pixels cut off. Seems you can use > > that as a real indication on how they will look like... > > > > BTW just uploaded a 320x480 and indeed in the preview it now is fully > > shown, no cropping. Let's see what themarketshows now on my phone > > (N1). Nothing yet, waiting for the update of the images to appear... > > > > On 27 jun, 20:33, MarcoAndroid <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Reading this onehttp:// > groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > > it seems 320x480 is the size to go for, forget the others... > > > > > On 21 jun, 17:07, Santiago Lema <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I just published my first Android port (from my iOS app) and I am > > > > really puzzled as to how I should handle screenshots? > > > > > > Letting aside that the jpeg quality is awful and the inability to > > > > provide localized screenshots, I'll ask just one simple question. > > > > > > - What is the recommended size to upload screenshots so they look > nice > > > > on all devices? > > > > > > I uploaded 800x480 PNG 24 bits screenshots, hoping a higher quality > > > > source would yield decent results but I was sorely disappointed. Not > > > > only the jpeg quality setting is awful but the androidmarketseems > tocropmy screenshots to a 1.5 ratio (like 320x480) at what seems to be > > > > random positions? > > > > > > If I upload screenshots in several formats will themarketuse the > > > > appropriate ones for each phone ? Or will it scale each one > miserably > > > > just like it does for the ones I uploaded and display them in their > > > > full ugliness on all devices ? > > > > > > PS: If anyone cares, I have just written a long rant about issues > when > > > > publishing to the AndroidMarketissues which details thescreenshot > > > > issues too:http://www.smallte.ch/blog-read_en_15001.html -- 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
