Re: [android-developers] Re: How to calculate a tablets resolution before purchasing the tablet
Great Tobias, This is a great help, thank you for taking the time to put this here ! On Wednesday, 21 May 2014 21:37:20 UTC+2, Tobias wrote: I found this dpi/ppi calculator to be useful: http://www.sven.de/dpi/ It will give you the actual physical dpi. Taking this value and then rounding it to the closet dpi bucket ( http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/DisplayMetrics.html) would be a good bet, even though the manufacturer could choose a different bucket. Tobias Den onsdagen den 16:e april 2014 kl. 09:14:48 UTC+2 skrev Simon Giddings: 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 mr.s.g...@gmail.comwrote: 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 Screenshttp://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 android-d...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to calculate a tablets resolution before purchasing the tablet
I found this dpi/ppi calculator to be useful: http://www.sven.de/dpi/ It will give you the actual physical dpi. Taking this value and then rounding it to the closet dpi bucket (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/DisplayMetrics.html) would be a good bet, even though the manufacturer could choose a different bucket. Tobias Den onsdagen den 16:e april 2014 kl. 09:14:48 UTC+2 skrev Simon Giddings: 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 mr.s.g...@gmail.comwrote: 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 Screenshttp://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 android-d...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to calculate a tablets resolution before purchasing the tablet
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 mr.s.g...@gmail.comjavascript: 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 Screenshttp://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 android-d...@googlegroups.comjavascript: To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[android-developers] Re: How to calculate a tablets resolution before purchasing the tablet
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 Screenshttp://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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [android-developers] Re: How to calculate a tablets resolution before purchasing the tablet
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 mr.s.giddi...@gmail.comwrote: 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 Screenshttp://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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[android-developers] Re: How to calculate a tablets resolution before purchasing the tablet
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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.