On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: > There was an extensive thread on here last week(?) on blending > multiple-screen-size and Android 1.5 support. I don't have a link handy > and don't have time to look it up right now, but I think by the end > there was a hint of a resolution (pun lightly intended). > Thanks, I'll look for that hint ;)
"Resources that are for use only on a specific API Level or higher" > > (key there being "or higher") > Thanks, missed that. > And what's weird: emulator1.6 (WVGA854, density @ 240), > > uses hires-graphics. Now that seems odd. > > Why odd? Your density (240) is -hdpi, so it uses -hdpi graphics. > Yes, it's odd because it works for 1.6 but not for 2.0 with the same resolution and density. > I've tried some other combinations, including the deprecated > > -<resolution> qualifier, but no luck. Is there anyone who has > > accomplished something simliar? > > For 1.6 and higher, I have used -ldpi, -mdpi, and -hdpi with success. I > have not yet tried blending screen-size support with Android 1.5 support. > It seems to me too that the fact that it has to run on 1.5 is a major problem. > For graphical elements > > where I must supply a bitmap containing physical pixels I want to know > > on how many pixels it is finally displayed. I don't particulary care > > about the screen's physical measurements. > > You might not care, but your users sure will. A 32px square image on a > 3" QVGA screen and a 32px square image on a 3.7" WVGA854 screen are very > different, particularly if they are something to be tapped upon. The > former probably qualifies as "finger-friendly"; the latter size surely > does not. > Of course, that's the whole point of density based *layouts*. But then, that's why you specify "dip"s in your layout, so Android scales your button accordingly. Only that you probably don't want to have the same *bitmap*used for the different sizes that are rendered by Android. -- 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
