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user1866731
user1866731

Reputation: 491

Android layout multiple screen

Sorry but i cant understand how i can draw a right picture for the right android phone size. I readed the android documentation, and they say for i just think in screen size and density and not in resolution, so what size should have my picture?

For example,if i have a phone with size 1000x400(stupid example),and want a button(40x40) that will be in middle,what size should i do?? 40x40?? But in documention they say for dont look for resolution :\

Im confuse...

ps: The documention link Android multiple screens

Upvotes: 0

Views: 113

Answers (1)

Jade Byfield
Jade Byfield

Reputation: 4816

Basically you'll have to realize that although resolution, screen size and screen density are separate attributes, they are still somewhat related. If your button is 40x40 as you mentioned, and that's the size you find looks good in the center on a hdpi(high density) device, you will have to scale it so that it fits accordingly on mdpi(medium density) and xhdpi(extra high density) devices. What I like to do is use PhotoShop or another graphical editor and resize my assets so that they fit on whatever density devices I'm trying to target. I make sure to always use *WRAP_CONTENT* for my height and width attributes and never fixed values.

Also, if you do not include these scaled alternatives in your res/drawable folders..you're basically saying that you're relying on the system to scale them for you, which can be a gamble. So I always go with resizing my assets so that I include a version for all densities. The link you posed explains everything pretty well

Upvotes: 1

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