DIP is short for Density Independent Pixel. It is used by the Android system as a unit of measurement to make GUIs fit on different screen sizes with scaling. This allows the developer to create a single interface for different screen sizes.
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How can I determine the dimens of each screen? - Android studio
I am new to programming and I didn't quite understand the dimens, I know there are small, normal, large and xlarge screen sizes.
I also know the densities: ldpi, mdpi, hdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi, xxxhdpi.
I see that we make dimens.xml for each size but I…
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Text is stretched on different screen in my custom view after settings text size in dp android
I am trying to create a text sticker in android. I am creating a text sticker on one of my phones and then saving the text size in the DP.
Then on another phone, I am loading the same text with the same DP and converting the DP value to pixel. Then…
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Passing an enum value to the controler constructor MVC 2
I got a piece of code like follows
private Models.Quotes QuoteList;
public SalesOfficeController(Models.Quotes.QuoteType qt )
{
QuoteList = new Models.Quotes(qt);
}
I wanted to pass dynamic enum value(QuoteType) to this…
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Android add a padding with size that looks equal on all devices
I have a view that is the same size as my screen / fragment. However, I want to add a padding on the left and right edges such that on all devices, this padding looks like its the same size. when I use:…
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Dip in xml does not work for different screen density in android simulator
I'm testing multi dpi in android, and the layout xml file seems like this:
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How to build UI that support all screen sizes and devices in android
I'm currently trying to develop an android application but I've been stuck for a while now trying to scale the views in an activity.
In the picture you can see that the resolution-width is 10px(It's only to make it more understandable for you guys)…
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Android TextView decimal size issue
I tested emulators and real devices but as you can see there is no change between 40 dp and 40.2 dp! I'm working on a project with a very high font sensitivity and the issue is behaviour of android text engine.
Is there any way to prevent that?…
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how to get same sized launcher icons on different emulator skins…(android)
have a look at figure 2. in the link given below.. http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html..
there it is being mentioned that ,The platform provides density independence to applications by default.(launcher icons are…
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Same view size on all screens
I need to display view with exact size in milimeters. The problem I face is that on many android devices when i apply view size im mm, the output differs. Is there any way to achieve the exact same view size on all screens?
I tried with:
pixels =…
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How can i support different measurements for screens in android
I basically want to accomplish an adequate size of my layouts depending on the screen size of the device. I am using dp as unit, but it doesn't seem to work. How can i do that?
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How to assign values to image array in Matlab?
I am trying to write a matlab code which copies one segment of an image into another with a particular range matrices.
My code works as required. The only problem I am having is that I want to assign 255 value to copied part of image so that the…
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One coordinate grid for all Android device (Appcelerator)
Currently I'm using percentages to maintain my Android app UI, but I think this is'nt the best solution.
I found this in the documentation:
The coordinates grid
Titanium uses a grid coordinate system for layout. Grid locations are based on the…
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Screen resolution with images issue
I've been working on an app for a little while now that creates a tile puzzle. I'm to the point where I'm testing for various size and density screens. Using Krita I scaled the tile images down to 110 X 110 pixels for use in the mdpi format. …
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how to sharp an image thumbnail in java?
I have created a thumbnail image in java using imgscalr library and thumbnail created with good quality but i want to sharpen that thumbnail.
so please help me to sharpen thumbnail image.
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How do I visualise dip unit for HDPI screen?
For a 160dpi (MDPI) screen, 1dip is 1px, as shown below,
For a 320dpi (XHDPI) screen, 1dip is 2px, as shown below,
For a 240dpi (HDPI) screen, 1dip is 1.5px, But,
How do I visualise 1dip in pixels for 240dpi (HDPI) screen?
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