On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:25 PM, pskr <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a better way? Works for few other devices I have. Is SGH-I727 > reporting incorrect values? >
Yes, I'm afraid. I have tried to solve the same problem and failed to find a solution. The issue has been discussed here already (possibly several times) so feel free to check out the archives. To give you a summary, the xdpi and ydpi fields are not used by the Android framework so even if a device manufacturer fails to fill in correct values, nothing breaks immediately which often allows the bug to slip under radar. Some devices return correct values, some devices return slightly incorrect ones (even Google's own Nexus 7 does) and yet others return grossly incorrect xdpi and ydpi (I remember one of the small-screen low-end Samsung Galaxy phones returned 160 when in fact the actual value was slightly over 120 dpi, and an LG Optimus model gave 160 instead of 180). You'll notice that the incorrect value is often 160 (or 240) which I believe might be due to these values being the representatives for mdpi and hdpi categories. I imagine they might be used as defaults that just stay there if the manufacturer doesn't take care to replace them with actual values for the particular screen. That's just my speculation though. -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
