In other words, if you are targeting 1.6 or later, all you need is the hdpi version and it will be scaled to mdpi and ldpi? Are there any performance penalties associated with that scaling?
What about 1.5? I know 1.5 is ancient, but I think I will support it as long as 3% or more of the users use it. On Nov 22, 7:28 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > The closest matching density is selected, and it is scaled appropriately to > get an image for the actual density. This of course only works for images. > (For other resource types, the closest matching density is picked... and > then used without any change. Probably don't want to do that.) > > For anyone targeting 1.6 or later, I would suggest putting all bitmaps in > one of the density qualified directories > (drawable-ldpi, drawable-mdpi, drawable-hdpi, drawable-xhdpi, > or drawable-nodpi), since it is important to know the density associated > with the bitmap instead of treating it as raw pixels. > > For compatibility, a bitmap in a "drawable" directory (with no explicit > density) is assumed to be mdpi. > > 2010/11/21 Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> > > > > > > > If you have none of the alternate versions for a drawable, then you don't > > have that drawable at all, agreed? > > > So the only question is, is it only "drawable" that can be subject to > > automatic scaling, or does it work for e.g. drawable-hdpi to drawable-ldpi > > conversion. > > > I *think* it's the latter, at least for Android 2.x, but I am not sure. > > > -- > > Kostya Vasilyev --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com > > > 22.11.2010 0:39 пользователь "jotobjects" <[email protected]> написал: > > > On Nov 21, 9:34 am, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What happens is that Android aut... > > > That would be good. Does anybody know where that is documented? > > > This page says - "If no matching resources are available, the platform > > loads the default resources and scales them up or down as needed" > > >http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#sup... > > > It doesn't say (that I have noticed) what happens if there is no > > matching resource AND no default... Where is that specified? > > > > Works pretty well: hdpi drawables, on the other hand, often look better > > > if created by hand (n... > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group... > > > 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 [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
