Thank you Marina for your reply which is much more useful. Even if it means that I am stuck at this point. After all, as independent developers, we are not all sufficiently rich to be able to purchase a number of tablet devices to be able to run our tests.
Thank you again Marina, I won't be wasting my time searching further. On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:27:10 UTC+2, Marina Cuello wrote: > > You can search for/make an app that detects the bucket and install it, if > you have access to the device. A quick search gives me > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pmc.android.checkscreensize, > > but there are plenty. > Otherwise, as far as I can recall it depends on the manufacturer's > decision which bucket it takes. So no, you can't "calculate" the bucket > given the physical screen size and dpi specs. > > Marina > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:06 AM, Simon Giddings > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> The "effort" I made did not reveal this result and it certainly does not >> answer the question ! >> >> My question was more general, if you hadn't noticed. >> Given that most tablets will give a horizontal and vertical pixel size as >> well as a diagonal size in inches, is it possible to determine the density >> bucket (to use googles term) ie: MDPI or HDPI or XHDPI, etc >> >> From what you have managed to find, this device would appear to fall >> between two buckets - HDPI and XHDPI because >> - HDPI screens are ~240dpi >> - XHDPI screens are ~320dpi >> (according to Supporting Multiple >> Screens<http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html> >> ) >> >> So the question remains open .... >> >> >> On Monday, 14 April 2014 20:21:31 UTC+2, Chris wrote: >>> >>> Googling the exact phrase "Toshiba eXcite Pro AT10LE-A-10D screen DPI" >>> yields in the first result a screen DPI of 300. >>> >>> At least give it an effort. >>> >>> - C >>> >>> On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 3:28:39 AM UTC-4, Simon Giddings wrote: >>>> >>>> I am looking at buying a Toshiba eXcite Pro AT10LE-A-10D, which boasts >>>> a screen resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels for a screen diagonal of 10.1. >>>> >>>> Is it possible to calculate the DP value - ie MDPI / HDPI / XHDPI etc ? >>>> >>>> I haven't been able to find any form of developer support on the >>>> toshiba web site, which could have helped. >>>> >>> -- >> 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]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/d/optout.
