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hafedh
hafedh

Reputation: 539

Retina iPad Simulator display issue?

I'm making a retina iPad app. When I test with iPad simulator I get a nice display of my icons and buttons etc...

But when I switch to the retina simulator I get big buttons and images... Is that normal? Unfortunately I haven't a real iPad to test on.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 443

Answers (1)

Matt S.
Matt S.

Reputation: 13773

Yes it is normal.

The reason being is the resolution of the retina display is 2048x1536 while the regular iPad is 1024x768.

When you test your app in the regular simulator, you'll see your app in 1024x768, which will appear "regular sized" on your display. When you test your app in the retina simulator, you'll be seeing your app in the full 2048x1536 resolution. And since chances are very good your computer monitor is not a retina display, you'll see it a bigger window with scaled up UI elements.

If you test your app on an iPad with a retina display you'll see everything is the same size as on a non retina iPad, since the physical screen size is the same.

Upvotes: 1

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