I've been fooling around on my Vivid/Raider for a few days now and I've noticed a recurring discrepancy between the size of the apps on the screen. There's a few (banking app, several games) that appear smaller than the screen itself. I figured that they're not designed for devices with such a massive display, but I thought there would be some sort of upscaling effect to take up that extra real-estate on screen.
Is it just me?
basically, here is the technical stuff behind android resolutions/dpi
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
its the fault of the app developer. they did not design their app to scale any larger than HDPI (480x800) because 540x960 are uncommon until now. app developers will have to implement new changes to catch up to the devices now.
its not necessarily the SIZE of the display as much as it is the resolution. my skyrocket has the same size screen, but its only 480x800
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Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a specific background for my hero.
I've downloaded the 'backgrounds' app from the market and also had a search via google with no luck.
Any idea where I can get a Tottenham Hotspur wallpaper from?
Or if not, how I can convert a picture to use as a wallpaper?
Thanks,
B
errm..
http://www.tottenhamhotspurs.tv/tottenham-pictures-5/
or even here
whats the background image resolution on the uk tmobile g2 ?
i.e. not the physical screen resolution, but the resolution of the image that is scrolled in the background of the default 7 touchflo (android home?) pages. i dont think its simply 7x width of screen, as it doesnt scroll as much as the foreground
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Check the HTC site and see if it lists the dpi (dot per inch / dot pitch) of the screen... but a 72 dpi image should be fine, or use a larger size than 640x480.
As long as its the same aspect ratio it will scale nicely when cropped.
Cheers joe!
I've found something decent, I was under the impression I needed a specific android wallpaper, but the image I found from one of your links seems to work fine!
Thanks...
http://g1wallz.com/
this site will be usefull there are enough wallpapers. i like this site
Any 640x480 jpeg image should be fine for a home screen background, anything larger can be cropped down when you set it
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Alright so the screen resolution for this device is 320x480, and the default android home features 3 screens. Wallpapers are stretched across all 3 screens..so you would think 3x the width with the same height. However, most information I find says that the correct wallpaper size would be 640x480.. which would only be 2x the size.
It's easy enough to just say double the width, but that only works for 3 screens(?). I'm interested in the formula here so I can determine the correct wallpaper size for 5 or 7 screens.
Is it the obvious +1/2 width for each additional screen? For instance:
320x480 resolution, 3 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)= 640, 640x480
320x480 resolution, 5 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)= 960, 960x480
400x854 resolution, 3 screens. 400+(400/2)+(400/2) = 800, 800x854
Am I on the money with this?
I dont think it actually adds anything to the size with more screens. I think it just divides it differently. I have used the same wallpaper with 3/4/5 screens and the pic is always the same.
You have to remember the wallpaper doesn't get stretch rather the space on top of the displayed area gets divided depending on how many home screens you have. In all the final wallpaper is still 640x480 but it overlaps in 3, 5, 7 etc places.
Just think of each of the 'screens' overlapping to understand how the homescreen works.
So then the proper wallpaper size for any Android device is 2x width x height? Or is it device specific.
Celeras said:
So then the proper wallpaper size for any Android device is 2x width x height? Or is it device specific.
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i think now with the Tattoo being available it depends on the device.
i think i would go with 'device-specific'. i'm curious what resolution builds like the pulse version uses.
it's rather apparent that the current 320x480 devices just use a shorter pan across a 640x480 image when the number of homescreens goes up. i suppose we could all just use larger wallpaper images, since android will crop oversized images to the appropriate resolution depending on what device it's on.
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i think i would go with 'device-specific'. i'm curious what resolution builds like the pulse version uses.
it's rather apparent that the current 320x480 devices just use a shorter pan across a 640x480 image when the number of homescreens goes up. i suppose we could all just use larger wallpaper images, since android will crop oversized images to the appropriate resolution depending on what device it's on.
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I read the Pulse uses a 2:3 ratio, it uses two rows of three screens after all. I read something like 512x768 works well.
As Prash said.
For the G1, wallpaper is 640x480. If you had 50 screens, it'd still be 640x480.
However, different devices have different screen resolutions.
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Celeras said:
Search came up blank, sorry if this is mentioned elsewhere.
Alright so the screen resolution for this device is 320x480, and the default android home features 3 screens. Wallpapers are stretched across all 3 screens..so you would think 3x the width with the same height. However, most information I find says that the correct wallpaper size would be 640x480.. which would only be 2x the size.
It's easy enough to just say double the width, but that only works for 3 screens(?). I'm interested in the formula here so I can determine the correct wallpaper size for 5 or 7 screens.
Is it the obvious +1/2 width for each additional screen? For instance:
320x480 resolution, 3 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)= 640, 640x480
320x480 resolution, 5 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)= 960, 960x480
400x854 resolution, 3 screens. 400+(400/2)+(400/2) = 800, 800x854
Am I on the money with this?
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Just take the original width and multiply it by the number of screens you have. No need to do this /2 crap. Makes no sense....regardless of what you read. Now...if you wanted to have say 5 screens with less wallpaper scrolling when you transition from screen to screen...then you could implement your division tables as stated in your original post. It really functions no different than a desktop with multiple monitors....other than the fact that you have one screen and wallpaper scrolling on the Android device.
EDIT:....I guess I have been working too many hours....totally forgot about the fact that you have to crop images when setting your wallpaper. That being said....stick with 640X480. I am gonna go punch myself in the face now.
Size of the background does not matter. The ssytems will scale it when you choose the wallpaper. Or you can manually select what you see in the gallery.
If you need the background to look a specific way then yes the size matters.
Since the system will stretch or shrink as needed.
Proportion is more important. 640x480, 1280x960, 800x600 They will all scale to the same appearance.
As for screens:
What changes is the amount of the background that shifts.
On 3 screens the left screen see 0-50 of the picture, the right sees 50-100 the center screen sees 25-75.
On 9 screens: These numbers are off because it actually takes like 6.22 or something but this is close.
screen 1 = 0-50
screen 2 = 6-56
screen 3 = 12-62
screen 4 = 18-68
screen 5 = 24-74
screen 6 = 30-80
screen 7 = 36-86
screen 9 = 42-92
screen 9 = 50-100
I would be impressed if someone can figure out a way to make each screen a different wallpaper. A single image would be fantastic but probably unlikely.
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I would be impressed if someone can figure out a way to make each screen a different wallpaper. A single image would be fantastic but probably unlikely.
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bump for this post. is it really possible to use a single wallpaper without stretching in all homescreens? becuase i want my son's picture as wallpaper but i dont the picture to be stretched. wallpaper plus can do this fine but it isnt compatible with eclair 2.0. any idea guys. regards
no1 wants non-scrollable wallpaper?
any1??
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+1 for non-scrollable wallpaper...better late than never?
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+1 for non-scrollable wallpaper...better late than never?
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Launcher Pro has a stationary-wallpaper option.
Hey guys, my laptop's screen resolution is 1366x768 but it's very difficult to find wallpapers with that res. What's the next best wallpaper size that will fit nicely with the screen without any distortions or major cropping? I'm running Windows 7.
go to google images, advanced, use desktop size.
http://images.google.com/images?as_...:1,isz:ex,iszw:1366,iszh:768&biw=1680&bih=837
1600x1200 would work nice close to the aspect ratio.
It's worthwhile to know how to crop and resize images with photo editors. That way, you can use any image you want as your wallpaper, despite your weird screen resolution.
Mines 1440x900 yeah use advanced google search then type your res in there or photoshop a photo
Now you see i just go straight to the top and mine is 1920x1080
lol
desktop: 1280x1024
laptop:1280x800
or Google 1366x768 wallpapers
infact 'Let me Google that for you'
There is actualy a lot of websites with the odd resolution maybe it's not so odd
Its a fairly common resolution because its 16:9 720p screen.
I would really like the application icons to be larger on the app page. I know I need glasses but they are kinda small. Is there a way to do this?
I would like to increase the size of my icons as well but not via changing screen density which if I reading what it does correctly is lowers screen resolution which make the icon appear to be larger. I want to maintain screen density but have larger icon.
change the lcd density. there's an app on the development forum that lets you change it to 200 or 250. i chose 200, everything looks good.
Can anyone advise the best resolution wallpaper to use with the native Quad HD resolution (1440x2560) ?
I reckon it would not be 1440x2560, because the homescreen actually spans multiple base 1440x2560 screens which are shifted across the single wallpaper image by swiping. It is ____x2560.
I want to find some different wallpaper, don't see any stock wallpaper I like. Rummaged around but can't find the stock wallpaper images in the phone (directories/files) to check their native resolution.
TIA for any info...
OK, I think I answered my own question: 2880 (W) x 2560 (H).
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Actually, it appears that it spans the image across four screens and then stops, so peak quality per screen would be with a 5760x2560 wallpaper.
Update: Never mind; it doesn't display four equal sections per screen.