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Roger
Roger

Reputation: 4259

Do devices with different screen densities really look that different?

I only have one actual device to test on, a Nexus One but I've briefly used a Droid X in the past. I recall a better looking screen but I don't remember it fitting more icons on the home screen than my N1. So I'm wondering if my emulators and such are truthful or not.

I'm running 2 emulators, WVG800, one at 240 the other 160. The 240 looks right. The 160 doesn't, everything is much smaller including buttons, radio buttons, things that I have not specified an exact size for. The Supporting Multiple Screens document shows different densities looking exactly the same in the image below. However, my emulators do not maintain that look. Is something wrong?

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 68

Answers (1)

vasart
vasart

Reputation: 6702

They have different display size in real world. WVGA800 with density 240 is likely to be a phone with 4" screen. And WVGA800 with density 160 is probably a tablet with 7" screen. Check the option Scale display to real size when you starting emulator to see the difference.

Upvotes: 2

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