I was wondering what the resource configuration of Nexus 9 would be? Would it be sw720dp like the Nexus 10?
GSMArena says it's 1536 x 2048 pixels, 8.9 inches (~281 ppi pixel density), so I'm guessing it would be xhdpi and the width in dp would therefore be 768, so should fall under sw720dp. However, I'm not sure and would like to confirm with better informed people out there.
Also, is it a device which looks like it'd be used in landscape more than portrait? Currently for sw720dp, the default orientation for one of the screens in my app is landscape and was wondering if it would be best for Nexus 9 also.
According to the Getting Your Apps Ready for Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 post on the Android Developers Blog, the Nexus 9 has:
(...) a screen size of 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi), which translates
to 1024 x 768 dip. This is a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is unique
compared to earlier tablets. The Nexus 9 falls into the xhdpi density
bucket, and you should already have assets in the drawable-xhdpi
folder.
So, yes sw720dp would seem to be correct.
About orientations, it says:
It’s very important that you don’t lock your app to a single
orientation. The Nexus 9’s natural orientation is portrait mode, while
it’s used in landscape mode with the keyboard.
According to this:
http://developer.android.com/tools/revisions/platforms.html
the Nexus 9 should be in the AVD device definitions (API21 5.0). However I am not seeing it. I do see Nexus 5 (not sure which API that came in).
Here it is. Nexus 9 Screen Information
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Are there xxxhdpi density devices?
Android devices screen density increases (see https://github.com/paulvi/displayclasses) and there are already devices with density higher than xxhdpi (extra-extra-high) ~480dpi
like Samsung Galaxy S6 577 2560 1440
(But I cannot check if it is really xxxhdpi)
Is it time to prepare 192x192 icons?
(4x times 48x48 dp, see http://developer.android.com/design/style/iconography.html )
See also Android Official Icons for XXHDPI and XXXHDPI
UPDATE: Was asked a year before as Android xxx-hdpi real devices
Also Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 Screen density
Just for reference purpose, now Google maintain a list of devices density and other information at https://design.google.com/devices/ which is mainly targeted for material design guideline.
Are there xxxhdpi density devices?
Afaik Nexus 6 is xxxhdpi device
New phones already use XXXHDPI.
Our test phone Samsung S6 Edge use xxxhdpi drawable resources. Someone already mentioned that Nexus 6 also using this dimension. Thus new phones with good screen should use this dimension.
xxxhdpi density devices Resolutions :
2048x1536
2560x1536
2560x1600
In Nexus 6
For more help :
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
Actually, no, even as of 2016, there are still no xxxhdpi device.
The largest resolution on Android device is used by Xperia Z5 Premium (4k on 5.5", or roughly 806ppi), and even on that device, it was only used that humongous screen density for multimedia contents. The UI itself was rendered by halving the effective density by two, so it actually scales down from 4k to full HD on 5.5", or xxhdpi.
Specs for Xperia Z5 Premium : http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_z5_premium-7536.php
I found 8 corresponding devices here.
My Samsung S22, released in February 25, 2022, has a 600 dpi when resolution is set to its highest (3088 x 1440), and more importantly, it loads xxhdpi resources, which means that we aren't there yet in terms of smartphones with 640 DPI or more screen density, and even if your phone contains 600 dpi like my S22 does, which is just 40 dpi shy off 640, it'll still load the 480 dpi (xxhdpi) resources.
I guess we'll get to 640 dpi in a year or two, I also expect the AOSP to add a xxxxhdpi to the source code very soon just as xxxhdpi was added in 2013, long before any 640 dpi handset was released.
I'm having trouble figuring out why my app logo in the actionbar appears larger on a nexus 7 vs a nexus 5. I'm using the actionbar in the support library. They're both running android 4.2.2
Nexus 5 (good)
Nexus 7 (bad)
Here are the logo image resources.
What can I do to fix?
The problem because of different dimension of the devices.You can fix it by alter your images for two different dpi.xhdpi for nexus 7 under the resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels rate.xxhdpi for nexus 5 under the resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels rate.
Just a shot in the dark: Do you have any different layouts or drawables based on the dpi like xhdpi or xxhdpi ? nexus 5 comes under xxhdpi whereas nexus 7 is xhdpi.So if you are setting the resources differently, that could be your issue.
I have a requirement in android to support my app in different tablets like google nexus 10 and samsung galxy 10 inch tablet. Nexus 10 is double the resolution of samsung 10 inch tab. I need to place different images for nexus 10 to make my app looks with better clarity for nexus 10 . But both the devices are taking the image from the drawable-xlarge. How can I differentiate between these two devices in drawable level and layout level. Same case is applicable for phones as well where I need to differentiate Samsung galaxy s4 which is double the resolution of xhdpi phones.
-xlarge is a screen size qualifier. Your drawable folders should use screen density qualifiers (-mdpi, -hdpi, -xhdpi, -xxhdpi). If you must, you can use both, e.g -xlarge-hdpi
Don't forget the new smallest width qualifiers. They are of a great help when you need to differentiate based on screen resolution.
I wouldn't consider a non-Nexus tablet anymore, based on how bad manufacturers have been at bothering to update them. The Nexus devices being "Official Google" devices and getting updates from Google means that they're going to be updated for a long while going forward, and once that ends, you can still unlock and root them through a defined process & update things yourself if you care to do so.
I can't think of any 10" Android tablet I'd have other than the Nexus 10. They're really that good.
I am creating a wire-frame android application for presentational purposes only. My target device is a 1280 x 800 10.1 inch tablet. I need to know the exact resolution of the device subtracting the navigation bar at the bottom. At first I made my graphics in 1280 x 800, but they didn't fit the screen properly because of the navigation bar, does anyone know the actual available resolution for a 10.1 1280 x 800 tablet?
I made a screenshot of an ICS emulator running on 1280x800 pixels. The system bar is 48 pixels high, so 752 pixels remain for your application.
Ok this is interesting, according to this the active resolution would be 1280x752 (Android 3.1) But this talks about something I support, design for any resolution.
I hope this helps out better. Good luck.
I am considering to drop support for small screens in my app.
Recently I have stumbled upon Screen Sizes and Densities and currently (2011-10-01) it says that 3.5 percent of the active devices fall into the small/hdpi category. I wonder what device actually has a small screen with high pixel density?
I know of the HTC Wildfire which has 240 x 320 pixels, 3.2 inches (~125 ppi pixel density). If I understand correctly that would be an ldpi device. For my app the Wildfire has a share of somewhere around 2 percent.
So first, why does Screen Sizes and Densities not list anything under small/ldpi? And second, what would be an example of a small/hdpi device?
There are some device from Dell like Aero which comes under small/hdpi.
HTC Tattoo can be considered under small/ldpi
Just to add to Basavraj's answer, Guessing the screen size is not that simple. Like Galaxy note has 1200 X 800 screen dimensions but it's screen size falls in large(and not in extra-large) category.