[android-developers] Re: Why is the default to use dpi instead of screen size for drawables

My layout is the same for both apps, I simply want to use higher
quality graphics for the tablets 90dpi vs 200dpi.

From the link I assumed from the below example that you should have
similar drawable buckets if the layout is actually the same.

res/layout/main_activity.xml # For phones
res/layout-xlarge/main_activity.xml # For pre-3.2 tablets
res/layout-sw600dp/main_activity.xml # For 3.2 and up tablets

Thanks again

On Sep 13, 9:18 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> If you are writing drawable-large, you are almost certainly doing it wrong.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:02 AM, ArcDroid <jacobrjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So it appears I need to have the same higher res images in drawable-
> > hdpi and drawable-large buckets.  This is going to make the install
> > big if an app has many pictures.
>
> > On Sep 10, 10:44 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > > They are two completely different things.
>
> > > Please read:
> >http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-tools-for-managing...
>
> > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 7:44 AM, ArcDroid <jacobrjohn...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Directories are already created for ldpi, mdpi and hdpi, but it
> > > > appears that normal, large, xlarge work much better for tablets and
> > > > phone sizes since some old phones fall into the mdpi bucket.  why is
> > > > the default to use dpi instead of screen size?
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > ArcDroid
> > > >http://www.arcdroid.com
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