There isn't really anything special about xhdpi -- aapt just converts that to the appropriate density value (320 for xhdpi), and the platform since API 4 knows how to pick the best density given any numbers for screen density and resource density.
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Mark Carter <m...@carter.name> wrote: > Do you just mean the density configuration in general? Surely Donut did > not specifically know about xhdpi (which was only introduced in > Gingerbread)? > > On 27 May 2012 10:53, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > >> There is no need to here, previous versions of the platform (down to API >> 4) know about the density configuration and will pick the correct density >> for you. >> >> >> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: >> >>> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Mark Carter wrote: >>> > When min level is pre-Donut, I remember there is a common approach to >>> use >>> > drawable-ldpi-v4, drawable-hdpi-v4, drawable-nodpi-v4 (as well as >>> > "drawable") for similar reasons. >>> > >>> > If I have an app with ONLY xhdpi resources and set the minimum level >>> to 8, >>> > then I notice the drawable-xhdpi resources are still picked up (as >>> opposed >>> > to throwing some kind of resource not found exception) on Froyo. This >>> is >>> > convenient but not particularly bulletproof IMHO, not least because the >>> > Froyo device will have no idea what scaling xhdpi implies. >>> >>> :: smacks forehead :: >>> >>> My apologies. I misread your question. I thought you were saying that >>> your minSdkVersion *was* 9, not was *less than* 9. With a >>> minSdkVersion of less than 9, using -v9 for resources you only want >>> used on 9 and higher is perfectly reasonable. >>> >>> > Now, I haven't tested this, but I suppose that using drawable-xhdpi-v9 >>> will >>> > stop froyo from seeing those resources at all and so give >>> > better-than-nothing runtime exceptions (which in most cases would show >>> up >>> > pretty quickly). >>> >>> Correct. >>> >>> -- >>> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >>> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >>> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >>> >>> Android Training in DC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dianne Hackborn >> Android framework engineer >> hack...@android.com >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to >> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such >> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and >> answer them. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
