The difference in scaledDensity is because the font size is different across devices. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/DisplayMetrics.html#scaledDensity
Regarding the bad layout, post the xml/code relevant to the Published/Draft buttons On Thursday, February 20, 2014 2:35:03 PM UTC+2, Ankita wrote: > > The further exploration revealed that the scaledDensity is different for > both the devices. For HTC, it is 1.275 while for Samsung it is 1.5 while > density is 1.5 for both. > I found this using getResources().getDisplayMetrics().scaledDensity and > getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density respectively. > > Now, can someone help me to resolve this issue? > > On Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:30:47 PM UTC+5:30, Ankita wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I have run into this strange issue. The two devices HTC Desire X and >> Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 GT-7582 have exactly same specs in terms of screen >> sizes. However, one has got layouts coming up as close to shared .psd files >> (Samsung) as possible but, another (HTC) shows lot of differences like >> smaller font sizes but, larger padding. I tried different std. layout >> folders (small, large, xlarge) but, not to much help. I have attached >> screenshots for reference. >> >> Moreover, I tried "getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density" also which >> gave the same value 1.5 for both of them but, one shows the screenshots as >> expected as per the .psd file (Samsung) while another is far from the >> shared .psd files (HTC) >> Now, I am trying to know that even with the same spec(screen size and >> resolution) for both the devices, one device is showing expected layout as >> designed in eclipse while other is showing smaller font sizes, different >> padding etc. One question is why it is happening in first place despite >> using dp and sp. Secondly, what to do now? I mean how to know which layout >> folder could help as hit and try doesn't seem to work so far. Although I >> intend to invest more time on it today. >> >> It would be great if somebody could throw some light on the issue. >> >> HTC Desire X (Display): >> http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-desire-x/#/ >> >> Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 (Display): >> http://www.samsung.com/levant/consumer/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/duos/GT-S7582ZKAMID >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> <http://www.samsung.com/levant/consumer/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/duos/GT-S7582ZKAMID> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
