Converting iOS PT to Android DP?
I have a style guide of iOS app which specifies height, width, padding, font size etc in PT (1x as base). I have converted them successfully in pixels for various iPhones like iPhone 5,6,6s Plus, 7, iPad.
Now I need to use the same style guide for Android App, but I am clueless how should I convert iOS PT to android DP or pixel?
Is there any common method or something which can specify like: 30pt of 1x iOS converts into X dp (or pixel) of mdpi android?
I have searched but couldn't find hint for this. If someone could help me here, that would be great.
Answer
The DP is supposed to be equal to the PT in IOS. You should not need any translation at all. They are both a representation of the experienced resolution, and they hide the true resolution.
By the way, you may have made a small mistake by using @2x as base for your design guide. When one works from a design guide one should not have to think about pixels, Only PT/DP. Only icons and images should be produced in different resolutions. The UI should be defined in PT/DP with 1x (The "official" resolution) as the base. For iPhone 4/4S that resolution would be 320x480 even though the actual resolution is 640x960. For Android it's not that simple because of the unrestricted sizes available for any vendor to produce. I would recommend using something like 1080p (DP) resolution for the design guide, but use a relative design, and be mindful of the components that will need to resize to accommodate any screen size.