As Ms. Hackborn has pointed out on here a couple of times, the -mdpi, -hdpi, etc. values going forward will not necessarily match physical pixel density, to take into account things like viewing distance. I sincerely hope that the documentation will be updated to reflect this rationale in the future.
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys; > > I'm wondering if anyone is actually using the density indicators for > anything more than an indication of screen resolution? > > Yesterday I saw a tweet from Reto Meier saying the Galaxy Tab is reporting > itself as an HDPI device, but, because it's screen is < 170 dpi it should > only be reporting itself as an mdpi device. The reason that's been given for > the mis-reporting in the Google blog is that that "It looks better that way" > (http://bit.ly/9u1sy5), but I'd expect it to look better claiming it's an > HDPI device because of the state of mdpi-large support in many apps > (http://bit.ly/aajmf9). > > I've put a blog post up about a the tab & another device I know that's > misreporting it's density at http://bit.ly/ddvcZS, but I'd be interested to > know if anyone is designing by density, or, as I suspect, most people are > designing by resolution and using the density indicator as an indication of > resolution. > > Thanks, > > Al. > -- > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or > it's subsidiaries. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
