> Is it then true that the OS works only in the stepped values of 120,
> 160 and 240?

Yes indeed.

>
> Also, any idea if xdpi and ydpi would be fixed anytime soon? Or if
> some APIs would allow us to query the physical dimensions of the
> screen?

In a future version of Android. Note that this issue is specific to Droid.

>
> Thanks,
> Ashutosh
>
> On Jan 25, 2:39 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This is a known bug. Although screenDPI=240 is the correct value (it's
>> not the real density of the display, but the density used by the OS
>> for that screen.)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Ashutosh Sharma <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > xdpi and ydpi are currently returning 96 on a Motodola Droid device.
>> > screenDPI returns a stepped value of 240, which still isn't the
>> > correct value. This issue was also present much earlier (pre-cupcake)
>> > -http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa...
>>
>> > Is this a known bug? Is this expected to be  fixed soon? Given the
>> > varying pixel densities of devices that are coming up, having a way to
>> > obtain accurate screen DPI is essential.
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ashutosh
>>
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