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user2429689
user2429689

Reputation: 149

Screen size and density support android

I know that we should use Configuration qualifiers for our resources.We should put bitmaps according to screen density(ldpi,mdpi,hdpi etc.)...My question is should we use same drawables for different screen sizes.Suppose a device is 3 inches(normal screen size) and another is 5 inches(large size) BUT BOTH ARE MDPI, So is it a better practice to put drawble in drawable-mdpi folder or shall we use drawable-mdpi and drawable-large-mdpi folders respectively

Upvotes: 1

Views: 613

Answers (3)

Padma Kumar
Padma Kumar

Reputation: 20031

use different drawable for different screen size.

drawable-mdpi will work for all your MDPI devices like normal phone,7' & 10' tablet.

you need to use different drawable for few images like your app background which wont fit for all screen sizes.

normal 320x480
7'     1024 x 600
10'   1280 x 800

Note: 5' inch screen size won't come in drawable-large-mdpi bucket

Upvotes: 1

Opiatefuchs
Opiatefuchs

Reputation: 9870

I recommend to read the guidelines about using resources for different screen sizes:

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

It depends on what exactly You want to do. If You have some complicated layouts with much graphics, that must be changed for different sizes, follow the guideline.

Upvotes: 3

g00dy
g00dy

Reputation: 6768

To answer your question directly : use only drawable-mdpi folder and you will not have any problem!

Upvotes: 0

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