The needle keeps moving forward with Android display sizes as nearly all of the prominent announcements featured screens at 4 inches or larger. Most now hover in the range of 4.5 inches to 5 inches, such has LG Optimus F5, Sony Z, Samsung Galaxy Grand.
For the developer, We can support bigger screens with xxhdpi, It supports from Android API 16 ( OS 4.1.x ).
Changes requires to support xxhdpi.
- AndroidManifest.xml
- Do not use the <compatible-screen> tag.
- Use the <supports-screens> tag.
- Place your image in drawable-xxhdpi folder.
- For Coding use DENSITY_XXHIGH field from DisplayMetrics.
- Use Icon Size : 144 x 144 px.
| # | Density | DP |
| 1 | ldpi | ~120 dpi |
| 2 | mdpi | ~160 dpi |
| 3 | hdpi | ~240 dpi |
| 4 | xhdpi | ~320 dpi |
| 5 | xxhdpi | ~480 dpi |
You can see xxhdpi folder, When you create new Android Project using latest SDK & ADT.
More Information
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13215587/android-xxhdpi-resources
[2] https://plus.google.com/118292708268361843293/posts/ePQya3KsTjW
[3] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13639263/whats-the-correct-size-icon-about-the-drawable-xxhdpi
[4] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14486763/android-google-play-filtering-out-xxhdpi
[5] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13756460/do-i-need-to-provide-xxhdpi-images-on-android
[6] http://developer.android.com/google/play/filters.html
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13215587/android-xxhdpi-resources
[2] https://plus.google.com/118292708268361843293/posts/ePQya3KsTjW
[3] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13639263/whats-the-correct-size-icon-about-the-drawable-xxhdpi
[4] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14486763/android-google-play-filtering-out-xxhdpi
[5] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13756460/do-i-need-to-provide-xxhdpi-images-on-android
[6] http://developer.android.com/google/play/filters.html
