The focus of this work is density, not resolution. We will be quantizing density into a few buckets (corresponding to the existing HVGA, adding QVGA and WVGA at the same size) which are supported by the platform.
It has always been the case that Android applications should not rely on an exact size of the screen, which is why we focus so heavily on layout managers and have actively discouraged people from using absolute positioning of widgets. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@google.com> wrote: > > There are quite a few precedents for situations with pixel counts that > are close to one another, and it'd be good if Android allowed some > fuzziness in the size "buckets" so that apps that are tuned for > certain screen sizes but don't rely on bitmaps so much that the value > matters to the pixel can adapt to those pixel counts. > > Examples: > 160*100 vs 160x102 > 176x208 vs 176x220 > 320x240 vs 352x240 vs 360x240 > 640x480 vs 702x480 vs 720x480 > 800x600 vs 832*624 > 1152x864 vs 1152x900 vs 1152x911 > 1280x960 vs 1280x1024 > 1280x720 vs 1366 x 768 > 1920x1080 vs 2048x1080 > > I'd say that 800x480 vs 848x480 vs 852x480 vs 854x480 vs 864x480 falls > in the same realm. > > JBQ > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> > wrote: > > I'd like to qualify that a little -- this work is to introduce support > for > > different densities in the system, targeting only QVGA and WVGA screens > that > > are approximately the same physical size as the G1's screen. This will > not > > add support for larger WVGA screens that are the same density as the G1's > > screen but physically larger. We also have not decided yet on exactly > what > > WVGA resolution(s) may be officially supported, though my guess right now > is > > that all of those should be. > > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> We are moving to a density independent pixel representation, so the > >> specific screen resolution is irrelevant. > >> > >> On Jan 16, 12:10 am, anand b <anand....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > WVGA can refer to displays of the following resolutions: > >> > 800x480 or 854x480 or 864x480 > >> > > >> > Can you please clarify what is the resolution that Android refers to? > >> > I understand that the support for WVGA is in Android roadmap post Q1 > >> > 09. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Anand > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru > Android Engineer, Google. > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
