Android 9-Patch Background Image Initial PNG Size?

android user-interface nine-patch
MonkeyBlue picture MonkeyBlue · May 3, 2011 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

I'm looking at making a 9-Patch background image for my application and I'm wondering what size should I make the initial PNG in Photoshop before I convert it to a 9-Patch Image?

Thanks Aaron

Answer

Richard Lalancette picture Richard Lalancette · Aug 30, 2011

Your image can be as small as 5 by 5 to as large as 1280x800...

It really depends what you want to show on that background image. small files are certainly not as exciting as nice fullscreen splash screens designed by a professional :)

If you want your splash screen to fill the screen, you can design your splash screen so it fits the biggest screen out there and put it inside an imageview letting android crop it for smaller screen.

You can also scale the image to fit all resolutions, but this is not as sharp looking.

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