[android-developers] Re: Developing Android app for tablet

2010-09-06 Thread ytbryan
thanks guys On Sep 6, 12:42 am, Kumar Bibek coomar@gmail.com wrote: Do test out your apps on emulators. http://techdroid.kbeanie.com/2010/09/getting-started-with-tablets-the... -Kumar Bibekhttp://techdroid.kbeanie.com On Sep 5, 9:32 pm, ben benbros...@gmail.com wrote: I would make

[android-developers] Re: Developing Android app for tablet

2010-09-06 Thread Indicator Veritatis
Don't thank them too profusely yet. They all left out the most important consideration: make sure your application checks for 'null' coming back from Context.getSystemService(), since a tablet might not have all the same system services a phone does. In particular, obviously, many tablets have no

Re: [android-developers] Re: Developing Android app for tablet

2010-09-06 Thread dan raaka
If you app depends on a specific feature - make sure you define it properly with the uses-feture string in your AndroidManifest.xml or atleast do some graceful degradation of features at runtime by checking getSystemAvailableFeatures() Also, when creating a P1 AVD note that the lcd density must

[android-developers] Re: Developing Android app for tablet

2010-09-05 Thread Droid
And is landscape view preferred or default for these bigger screens? Many of my apps are fixed to portrait... On Sep 5, 1:50 pm, ytbryan ytbr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, do we(developer) need to alter our app to suit the android tablet(samsung galaxy tab)? or will them automatically run on

[android-developers] Re: Developing Android app for tablet

2010-09-05 Thread ben
I would make sure your app isn't drawing anything to exact pixel locations and sizes. If you're using the built in layouts you should be in good shape. Also you can use the AVD manager to create an emulator with larger resolutions and screen sizes. That should at least give you some idea of what

[android-developers] Re: Developing Android app for tablet

2010-09-05 Thread Kumar Bibek
Do test out your apps on emulators. http://techdroid.kbeanie.com/2010/09/getting-started-with-tablets-they-are.html -Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com On Sep 5, 9:32 pm, ben benbros...@gmail.com wrote: I would make sure your app isn't drawing anything to exact pixel locations and