That all sounds good, thanks. JBQ
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > 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. > > > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Android Engineer, Google. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
