The font size should be the same on those two devices (myTouch and Galaxy Tab 10.1) because they have the same density. What is bringing you to think they should be different?
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Mike <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Dianne, > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > I understand density to be a function of native resolution versus > physical display size. So, the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 which has a native > resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels and a physical display size of 10.1" > diagonal ends up being a mdpi device. When I populate a > DisplayMetrics for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, it gives me a density of 1.0 > and a density dpi of DENSITY_MEDIUM which confirms this. > > I misspoke with regard to the Evo. I apologize. It is indeed an hdpi > device. > > In any case, I believe I still need to address this issue since a > device such as the myTouch (320x480 native resolution) is an mdpi > device as well. Even though the myTouch and Galaxy Tab 10.1 have > drastically different native resolutions as you point out. I've been > having difficulty using device independent units for my text size to > make the font look appropriate on both devices since they map to the > same layout file. > > - Mike > > On May 23, 4:16 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Evo and Galaxy Tab are both hdpi (though the Tab technically should > probably > > be mdpi... hdpi is okay though, it is just a design decision for the > device > > to make the overall UI larger). > > > > Also density != "higher res". It is REALLY REALLY important to > understand > > this. The Xoom is mdpi but much higher resolution than the hdpi phones. > It > > just has a bigger screen, but as a result is lower density. > > > > If all you care about is the screen resolution (that is you don't care > > really about having your UI size remain about the same across devices), > then > > don't use density which will pick resources based on *screen density* not > > resolution. You could instead use -nodpi and just do your own resource > > selection based on how many pixels you have to use. > > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Mike <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've started work to get my games to scale nicely for the higher-res > > > displays like the Xoom and Galaxy Tab devices. > > > > > I've made use of the ldpi/mdpi/hdpi/xhdpi folder naming convention for > > > my resources which works nicely for layouts and graphics, but not so > > > much for text size scaling. The problem is that an Evo and a Galaxy > > > Tab 10.1 are both mdpi devices and will map to the same layout file. > > > Yet, I need to scale the text size differently for these two devices. > > > (I'm using text size units of dp.) > > > > > Any ideas on something obvious I might be missing or any suggestions > > > would be much appreciated. > > > > > - Mike > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > 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 > -- 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. -- 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
