Your graphics driver needs to report the larger size, and the platform will use it. You can use the appropriate options in the emulator to see how it runs.
Note that though the platform itself supports larger screens, little to now work has been done in the application or system UI to be optimized for such a screen. On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Anand <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi There, > > I am not sure, if this is the correct platform to talk about it, > however I would like to know something about 'How Android supports the > large screen display'. > I mean here that suppose I want to port the Android SDK to a large > portable device having a large display as compared to HTC G1 mobile > screen, what all the OS modules (e.g surface manager, kernel: display > driver etc) I need to look upon/modify. > > I guess what I am asking here is not a new subject as I can already > see by below links that the Android OS is ported for large screen > devices. > > 1. http://www.icpdas-usa.com/vp_23a1.html: It has 3.5”/5.7” TFT LCD > and a rubber keypad. > > Specifications & Additional Information > Models VP-23A1 VP-25A1 > System Software > OS Android 1.5 > SDK Provided Standard ViewPAC SDK for Windows and Linux by GNU C > language > CPU Module > CPU PXA270 or compatible (32-bit and 520 MHz) > SRAM 128 MB > > 2. ARCHOS 5 Internet tablet shown on > > http://www.marketwatch.com/story/archos-brings-the-android-platform-to-a-large-screen-internet-tablet-with-the-new-archos-5-2009-09-15 > and on http://www.archos.com/products/imt/index.html?country=in&lang=en > as. > > It has > • High resolution screen, 800x480 pixels, 4.8'' TFT LCD, 16 million > colors > • Touch screen > > Let me know your opinion about it, any kind of clue will be > appreciated. > > Regards, > Anand > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
