Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-06 Thread Nicholas Campion
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: >> >> O

Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread bob
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 look

Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread String
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@g

Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread Nicholas Campion
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 Go

Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread bob
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.

Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread Justin Anderson
> > 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,

Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread Mark Murphy
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 usin

Re: [android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread Justin Anderson
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

[android-developers] Tablet vs. Phone Font Size

2012-08-03 Thread Nicholas Campion
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 re