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    The document discusses supporting multiple screens in Android user interfaces. It notes the growing number and variety of Android devices that have different screen sizes and densities. It recommends using resource qualifiers and density-independent units like dp and sp to develop interfaces that can adapt to different screens. The document also provides links to the Android developer documentation on testing interfaces using emulators and defining screen support in the manifest.

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    The document discusses supporting multiple screens in Android user interfaces. It notes the growing number and variety of Android devices that have different screen sizes and densities. It recommends using resource qualifiers and density-independent units like dp and sp to develop interfaces that can adapt to different screens. The document also provides links to the Android developer documentation on testing interfaces using emulators and defining screen support in the manifest.

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    The document discusses supporting multiple screens in Android user interfaces. It notes the growing number and variety of Android devices that have different screen sizes and densities. It recommends using resource qualifiers and density-independent units like dp and sp to develop interfaces that can adapt to different screens. The document also provides links to the Android developer documentation on testing interfaces using emulators and defining screen support in the manifest.

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    The document discusses supporting multiple screens in Android user interfaces. It notes the growing number and variety of Android devices that have different screen sizes and densities. It recommends using resource qualifiers and density-independent units like dp and sp to develop interfaces that can adapt to different screens. The document also provides links to the Android developer documentation on testing interfaces using emulators and defining screen support in the manifest.

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    MyGOSSCON2010

    Android User Interfaces:


    Supporting Multiple Screens
    Yap Wen Jiun
    @wenjiun
    Multimedia University Lecturer
    CodeAndroid Malaysia Member

       
    Growing Number of Android Devices

    Low-end
    Phones Tablets

     
    High-end
     
    Phones
    Generalized Density and Size

    ldpi:low mdpi: medium hdpi: high

       
    Some Statistics

    http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/screens.html
       
    Testing on Emulators

    http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html
       
    Screen Supports in Manifest

    Within <manifest> element in AndroidManifest.xml

    <supports-screens
    android:smallScreens = "true"
    android:normalScreens = "true"
    android:largeScreens = "true"
    android:anyDensity = "true" />

       
    Using Resource Qualifiers

    Size Aspect ratio Density


    ● small ● long ● ldpi
    ● normal ● notlong ● mdpi
    ● large ● hdpi
    ● nodpi
    For example:
    res/layout-small/main.xml
    res/drawable-large-long-hdpi/android.png

    http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-
    resources.html
       
    Using dp & sp to Define Size

    Why using dp (density-independent pixel)?


    ● 100dp means 75px on QVGA at 120 density
    ● 100dp means 100px on HVGA at 160 density
    ● 100dp means 150px on WVGA at 240 density
    Therefore, we will get rougly the same physical size.

    Using sp (scale-independent pixel) for fonts


    ● sp is similar with dp but also scaled by the user's font
    size preference

       
    Draw 9-patch

       
    References

    Books
     Beginning Android 2
    http://apress.com/book/view/9781430226291

    Android Developers
     http://developer.android.com/

       
    Thank you

    Check out CodeAndroid Malaysia at


    http://www.codeandroid.my/

    ● Small portions of this presentation are modifications based on work created


    and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative
    Commons 3.0 Attribution License.

       

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