The Google Nexus 10 comes out shortly, and is the first device to use xxhdpi
resources. It sports a display density of about 300 DPI (according to the Nexus 10 website and this calculator).
However, when I go to the Android documentation, it states:
ldpi
: ~120dpimdpi
: ~160dpihdpi
: ~240dpixhdpi
: ~320dpixxhdpi
is not specified.
How come the Nexus 10's 300 DPI screen is xxhdpi
instead of xhdpi
, and what should be the approximate DPI of xxhdpi
? Should we even worry about having new resources (aside from icons) for xxhdpi
at this point, or should we just let the OS scale up xhdpi
resources?
Best Answer
According to the post linked in the G+ resource:
So it looks like the xxhdpi is set for 480dpi. According to that, tablets use the assets from one dpi bucket higher than the one they're in for the launcher. The Nexus 10 being in bucket xhdpi will pull the launcher icon from the xxhdpi.
Source
Also, was not aware that tablets take resources from the asset bucket above their level. Noted.