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LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3280 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,900	confirm \| cancel 03/02/13 10:02 AM (12 years ago) Android Screen Sizes Hello everyone, When designing for Android screen sizes, there are so many and no exact science to target each screen size, but there is a rule of thumb to go by. Here is the best approach when taking the screen sizes for Android: To adjust for the different device screen densities, we need to follow a 3:4:6:8 scaling ratio between the four density sizes. (For the iPhone, it’s easy: it’s just a 2:1 ratio between the iPhone 4 and 3GS.) Using our ratios and some simple math, we can create four different versions of our bitmap to hand off to our developer for production: •75 × 75 for low-density screens (i.e. ×0.75); •100 × 100 for medium-density screens (our baseline); •150 × 150 for high-density screens (×1.5); •200 × 200 for extra high-density screens (×2.0). (We’re concerned with only lDPI, mDPI and hDPI for Android smartphone apps.) More info here in detail on designing for Android: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/06/30/designing-for-android/ LA Title Comments Hello everyone, When designing for Android screen sizes, there are so many and no exact science to target each screen size, but there is a rule of thumb to go by. Here is the best approach when taking the screen sizes for Android: To adjust for the different device screen densities, we need to follow a 3:4:6:8 scaling ratio between the four density sizes. (For the iPhone, it’s easy: it’s just a 2:1 ratio between the iPhone 4 and 3GS.) Using our ratios and some simple math, we can create four different versions of our bitmap to hand off to our developer for production: •75 × 75 for low-density screens (i.e. ×0.75); •100 × 100 for medium-density screens (our baseline); •150 × 150 for high-density screens (×1.5); •200 × 200 for extra high-density screens (×2.0). (We’re concerned with only lDPI, mDPI and hDPI for Android smartphone apps.) More info here in detail on designing for Android: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/06/30/designing-for-android/ LA

Frogman Aspiring developer Posts: 264 Reg: Jan 05, 2013 Bratislava 11,190	03/02/13 12:32 PM (12 years ago) Thank you! Frogman Comments Thank you! Frogman

farcat buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 1008 Reg: Jan 27, 2012 France 13,230	03/02/13 03:03 PM (12 years ago) Fantastic info @LA. I was looking for something like that. Farcat Comments Fantastic info @LA. I was looking for something like that. Farcat

ianJamesPiano Code is Art Posts: 2661 Reg: Feb 13, 2011 Palm Springs, C... 37,010	03/02/13 05:26 PM (12 years ago) Good stuff @LA. Sending u pm:) Comments Good stuff @LA. Sending u pm:)

sanamionline Aspiring developer Posts: 61 Reg: Jul 22, 2012 Yulin, Guangxi 3,510	03/02/13 09:14 PM (12 years ago) Thanks for this. Now I'm a little less in the dark when designing splash screens Comments Thanks for this. Now I'm a little less in the dark when designing splash screens

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3280 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,900	03/02/13 09:48 PM (12 years ago) Your welcome @Frogman! Glad I can help @farcat. Thank you ian@buzztouch! Your welcome @sanamionline! Happy to shed a little light for you. LA Comments Your welcome @Frogman! Glad I can help @farcat. Thank you ian@buzztouch! Your welcome @sanamionline! Happy to shed a little light for you. LA

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