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[Q] can somebody post dimension of viewable screen

I got the Dimension of device from ASUS website - and know the screen size is 10.1" across diagonals. But I'd like to know the actual length and width of the Viewable screen to see what kindof documents I can get on the screen
Can somebody with a ruler handy be kind enough to post the " L x W " dimensions of Viewable display.
Thanks

21.6cm x 13.6cm

Where is the "Zoom" button for Apps?

I thought there's a Zoom Button for viewing non-tablet apps in 3.2?

msn0005 said:
I thought there's a Zoom Button for viewing non-tablet apps in 3.2?
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If you don't see it, then it's an app that has been updated to work with the Honeycomb interface.

I installed the same app on my Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 7.0
I see that button on 8.9 but not 7.0

Different resolution and physical screen size between the two is why fewer apps appear with the zoom option on the 7.0 Plus. Drives me nuts since it's not accurate at all and doesn't provide the option for several apps I have that could have needed it

Cptnodegard said:
Different resolution and physical screen size between the two is why fewer apps appear with the zoom option on the 7.0 Plus. Drives me nuts since it's not accurate at all and doesn't provide the option for several apps I have that could have needed it
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This makes some sense considering the Tab 10.1 & 8.9 resolutions are 1280x800 and the 7 is 1024x600.
Depending on what the density of the screen is on the Tab 7...it looks to be lumped in the Large Screen, Medium Density category...take a look at the link below via Android Developers:
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#testing
There might be a way to lower the density to 120...maybe that will activate compatibility zoom. I'm not sure though if compatibility zoom is based on the Extra Large Screen size or not.
EDIT:
Looks like most apps aren't utilizing this declaration in their Manifest...this attribute must be declared for tablets like the Tab 7 to utilize CZ. I think it's default for most tablets with a resolution equal to or greater than 1280x800.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/supports-screens-element.html#compatibleWidth
Also, there's no way to lower pixel density (facepalm). This is determined by the actually real estate of your screen and the resolution. We could lower it by decreasing resolution. That, basically, is compatibility zoom...it lowers your resolution to fit the size of your screen (lightbulb).

[Q] Nexus 5 wallpaper resolution?

What is the resolution for the N5's viewable screen area? I want to make some custom wallpapers but I'm trying to find the best wallpaper resolution for them... the portrait size.
Thanks!

At the risk of being enabling, 1080x1920.

I'm not sure if the stock launcher lets you set static wallpapers though. If you're trying to fit it in that cross, you're going to have to make it bigger than 1080x1920. Sure you can find a template somewhere. Or use a different launcher.

Ryjabo said:
What is the resolution for the N5's viewable screen area? I want to make some custom wallpapers but I'm trying to find the best wallpaper resolution for them... the portrait size.
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Still have no N5, but I might tell you about another android device I have.
I made double width size wallpaper and it asked to trim it. So far, so good.
To make jpg I used imagemagic remotelly with something like:
convert -size 2160x1920 xc:"#color" background.jpg
If this method fails, you could always try again.
Best regards.

I just run a bunch of tests on my Nexus 5x (the screen size is the same as Nexus 5) using an image with a grid and I thought I should write down my findings here.
I have icons on two screens, so it is asymmetric: I have my main screen and a screen on the right, there is no screen on the left. The image has to be a little larger so that it scrolls nicely. The thing is that my phone shows _the middle_ of the image on the main screen. So the main screen is 1920×1080, when I scroll right 60 more pixels on the right become visible. Since there is nowhere to scroll left, 60 leftmost pixels of the image are never visible.
To sum up: one needs a 1920×1200 image (1200 = 60 + 1080 + 60). Leftmost 60 pixels are never visible.

[Q] S9920 Display Resolution Problem

Hi all,
Just got my Star S9920 MTK 6572 from AliExpress.
As described on the page, it should have a display resolution of: 800x480 pixels
But I just see an actual resolution of about 400x480 pixels, i think, one row shown, one row missing
As you can see in the images:
- The android screenshot looks OK: 800x480 pixels of image, the dot of the letter "i" has 2 pixels, plus antialiasing
- The picture I took of the display shows missing pixel rows, the dot of "i" has only one pixel. And the text, especially small fonts, look really bad.
Can anyone please confirm it is supposed to be like this?
Or is that a setting in Android / Stock ROM / OpenGL / etc?
Or is my phone just broken.
Thanks,
Best regards,
Felix

How can you make an app believe, that a tablet is a smartphone (with root)

Hello,
I am visually impaired and I want to use a tablet as a phone, because everything looks bigger on a big screen.
But some apps look different on a tablet than on a smartphone.
They show more content on one screen if you use a tablet than if you use a smartphone.
If you then set large fonts and an enlarged display, elements overlap in the display.
Is it possible to use a tablet as a phone and make the app believe, that it is a smartphone when it is a tablet?
My smartphone is rootet and I have already tried some things.
I have changed ro.build.characteristics=tablet to "phone" (build.prop)
But that did not help.
Andreas

Change DPI. Lower means bigger. You can adjust that in developer settings, in the "smallest width". Play with that number until you find the good value. Keep in mind, every restart will reset that value to default.

Note that the Android's window size and the device's screen size are not the same. . For example, the area within the window that is used by an app can change if the window becomes too big to fit on the screen.
Read here:
Android: How to use "adb shell wm" to simulate other devices
So I bought a Nexus 10 for development and was super excited by the prospect of being able to simulate other devices using the "adb shell wm" command, with its size, density, and overscan subcomman...
stackoverflow.com
BTW:
Smartphones usually have a screen measuring between 3.5 – 4.3 inches. The screens of tablets measure between 7 – 10.5 inches, they look like a large smartphone but with additional capabilities

xXx yYy said:
Smartphones usually have a screen measuring between 3.5 – 4.3 inches. The screens of tablets measure between 7 – 10.5 inches, they look like a large smartphone but with additional capabilities
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That is right. Tablets look like a large smartphone. The screen of my tablet has three times the space of the screen of my smartphone. This could mean, that everything is three times as big as on my smartphone. But that is unfortunately not the case.
If you then set large fonts and an enlarged display, elements overlap on the display.
I would like to have a tablet, that behaves identical to a smartphone and everything on the screen looks exactly like on the smartphone, only three times as big.

The tablet knows the physical size of the screen. Otherwise it would not know the ppi-Value. Does anybody know in which file this information is?

Maybe the tablet knows the physical size of its screen ( screen size ), but that's absolutely not of any interest in your case: it's Android's window size ( viewpoint - resolution ) what matters.
You have to find the suitable combo of PPI related to resoulution ( window size ). Both values
wm size
wm density
can get set in Android's system file
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
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