Andre Garzia wrote:
I've heard that Google is dealing with that by shipping a new Android
Emulator in the SDK. This new emulator will randomize the rect of the
device upon every launch with values between 124 and 2048.
=)
That would actually be a very value feature, as it would reduce the
number of lazy developers who live in a vacuum in which they assume the
world has only the devices they personally test with.
In this regard the modern mobile arena isn't much different from
designing for the desktop for the last 20 years.
The Mac premiered with no choice but a 512x342 B&W screen, and it became
stupid to design only for one fixed resolution not long after when VGA
connectors were introduced.
Today monitors commonly range from 800x600 to 2560x1440 and beyond, and
we just write resizeStack handlers to work with 'em all.
With mobile the only real difference is that pixel density also varies
more than on desktop displays currently, so we need to take that into
account as well.
Fortunately the hard work of figuring out the logistics has already been
done and guidelines are provided in the Android HIG:
<http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html>
Today both iOS and Android support devices with multiple physical sizes
and resolutions, and there's no reason to believe Apple will limit iOS
to only two form factors forever.
So those using Android are getting a head start on where every major
player in the industry is headed: smart devs are designing with dynamic
metrics to deliver an optimal experience across all possible devices...
...just like we've always been doing on the desktop.
It hasn't been a good idea to presume a fixed display size since 1986.
--
Richard Gaskin
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