Android screen size HDPI, LDPI, MDPI

android size screen hdpi
artouiros picture artouiros · May 29, 2011 · Viewed 426.5k times · Source

I have a background that I need fit in all screen sizes. I have three folders, hdpi, ldpi and mdpi for drawables, but in the emulator there isn't any referense to what resolution hdpi is and what mdpi and ldpi are.

Answer

evilone picture evilone · May 29, 2011

You should read Supporting multiple screens. You must define dpi on your emulator. 240 is hdpi, 160 is mdpi and below that are usually ldpi.

Extract from Android Developer Guide link above:

320dp: a typical phone screen (240x320 ldpi, 320x480 mdpi, 480x800 hdpi, etc).  
480dp: a tweener tablet like the Streak (480x800 mdpi).  
600dp: a 7” tablet (600x1024 mdpi).  
720dp: a 10” tablet (720x1280 mdpi, 800x1280 mdpi, etc).

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