Problem supporting multiple resolutions on Android

Question

I'm having a weird problem. I have been testing my app with hdpi resources up until recently. My designer sent over some mdpi assets and now my application is defaulting to the mdpi assets. How can I make sure the hdpi assets are being used for my phone?

Answer 1

your device was defaulting to the hdpi graphics because there were no other graphics available. but since you now added mdpi, your phone has a choice between the 2 and it will choose the most compatible for the device. you can't force your application to use HDPI unless you only supply the HDPI graphics

Answer 2

You cant, the hdpi, mdpi etc are handset attributes. If you design the app correctly you will have an asset hierarchy that will address all screen densities. So I recommend that you focus on that.

To elaborate, for a robust android app, you will have resources in hdpi, mdpi, ldpi and xdpi folders, maybe even ndpi folders, all based on a well defined asset heirarchy. You can read more about it here .