[android-developers] Re: Background images to fit different screens

Right - so are you saying that this is not a common screen size, and
can be omitted without affecting to high a user base?

On Jun 1, 11:28 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> Neilz wrote:
> > Right, I get it now, having read that link it makes more sense.
>
> > So I got it working for my two devices, catering for 480 * 320 in
> > mdpi, and 480 * 800 in hdpi.
>
> > But then what happens with a device with 854 * 480 ?! According to the
> > docs, it will still take the images from the same hdpi folder...
>
> You hopefully don't care about the difference between WVGA800 and WVGA854.
>
> I'm expecting there to be a dozen supported screen resolutions by this
> time next year, as we get to TVs and tablets. Any graphical design that
> is soooooooooo tightly tied to screen size as to care about WVGA800 vs.
> WVGA854 is going to be a nightmare to maintain.
>
> If, for whatever reason, you do feel that you need to have separate
> drawables for WVGA854 vs. WVGA800, you will also need -long and/or -notlong:
>
> res/drawable-hdpi-long/
> res/drawable-hdpi-notlong/
>
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