Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
Yup, that setting is factored in when 'sp' units are used anywhere on the device. On Friday, August 3, 2012 3:26:47 PM UTC-5, bob wrote: > > Is this what you're talking about? > > http://postimage.org/image/8y0sxvyej/ > > On Friday, August 3, 2012 1:54:29 PM UTC-5, Nicholas Campion wrote: >> >> On the nexus 7 its under settings->display. >> >> On Friday, August 3, 2012 1:50:54 PM UTC-5, bob wrote: >>> >>> Where is this font scaling feature? I looked all throughout settings on >>> my Galaxy Tab, and I don't see one. >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
Is this what you're talking about? http://postimage.org/image/8y0sxvyej/ On Friday, August 3, 2012 1:54:29 PM UTC-5, Nicholas Campion wrote: > > On the nexus 7 its under settings->display. > > On Friday, August 3, 2012 1:50:54 PM UTC-5, bob wrote: >> >> Where is this font scaling feature? I looked all throughout settings on >> my Galaxy Tab, and I don't see one. >> >> >> Thanks. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
I believe that it was only exposed to the user in ICS. The sp unit existed before then, but there wasn't a UI to affect it. String -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
On the nexus 7 its under settings->display. On Friday, August 3, 2012 1:50:54 PM UTC-5, bob wrote: > > Where is this font scaling feature? I looked all throughout settings on > my Galaxy Tab, and I don't see one. > > > Thanks. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
Where is this font scaling feature? I looked all throughout settings on my Galaxy Tab, and I don't see one. Thanks. On Friday, August 3, 2012 11:28:15 AM UTC-5, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Justin Anderson > wrote: > > I noticed this myself... What I do is specify my font sizes in a > > res/values/dimens.xml file. Then I also create a version of that file > in > > res/values-large. Then I reference my font sizes as > > @dimen/my_dimen_resource rather than using the sp value directly. > > > > That way I can use larger font sizes on large screens and I only have to > set > > up the values once. > > That seems like a good plan. You still should use sp units, though, > for both dimension resource values, for those handful of users who do > stumble upon the font scaling feature... > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.0 Available! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
> > That seems like a good plan. You still should use sp units, though, > for both dimension resource values, for those handful of users who do > stumble upon the font scaling feature... > Yea, I probably wasn't too clear on that... All my font dimension resources are defined in sp units. Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Justin Anderson > wrote: > > I noticed this myself... What I do is specify my font sizes in a > > res/values/dimens.xml file. Then I also create a version of that file in > > res/values-large. Then I reference my font sizes as > > @dimen/my_dimen_resource rather than using the sp value directly. > > > > That way I can use larger font sizes on large screens and I only have to > set > > up the values once. > > That seems like a good plan. You still should use sp units, though, > for both dimension resource values, for those handful of users who do > stumble upon the font scaling feature... > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.0 Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Justin Anderson wrote: > I noticed this myself... What I do is specify my font sizes in a > res/values/dimens.xml file. Then I also create a version of that file in > res/values-large. Then I reference my font sizes as > @dimen/my_dimen_resource rather than using the sp value directly. > > That way I can use larger font sizes on large screens and I only have to set > up the values once. That seems like a good plan. You still should use sp units, though, for both dimension resource values, for those handful of users who do stumble upon the font scaling feature... -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.0 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
I noticed this myself... What I do is specify my font sizes in a res/values/dimens.xml file. Then I also create a version of that file in res/values-large. Then I reference my font sizes as @dimen/my_dimen_resource rather than using the sp value directly. That way I can use larger font sizes on large screens and I only have to set up the values once. Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Nicholas Campion wrote: > We use 'sp' density & preference scaled fonts throughout our app. We've > noticed that this mechanism just doesn't seem to cut it on larger screen > devices. The issue is the distance someone uses a phone app from their > eyeballs vs. the distance used for a tablet. In our admittedly unscientific > research, the distance is about doubled. This coupled with the fact that, > based on our support requests, not very many people know about the system > font scaling properties leads us to think we need to find a better way to > solve the problem. > > Since this isn't really a 'density' issue and is more tied to the physical > size of the device and, thus, the distance the device is held at, I'm > wonder what the best systematic approach is to handling font sizes on > physically larger screens? I'm willing to investigate some different > mechanisms just looking for suggestions on what other people have found > successful. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size
We use 'sp' density & preference scaled fonts throughout our app. We've noticed that this mechanism just doesn't seem to cut it on larger screen devices. The issue is the distance someone uses a phone app from their eyeballs vs. the distance used for a tablet. In our admittedly unscientific research, the distance is about doubled. This coupled with the fact that, based on our support requests, not very many people know about the system font scaling properties leads us to think we need to find a better way to solve the problem. Since this isn't really a 'density' issue and is more tied to the physical size of the device and, thus, the distance the device is held at, I'm wonder what the best systematic approach is to handling font sizes on physically larger screens? I'm willing to investigate some different mechanisms just looking for suggestions on what other people have found successful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
