Google Tries to Solve Android Fragmentation with New APIs
Not good enough, Google
What Google needs to do is declare three (or maybe four) "standard" screen resolution sizes and require all apps submitted to the Android Market to be fully compatible with all "standard" resolutions.
Apps would be permitted to support non-standard resolutions as well, if the developer chooses to do the extra work.
All handsets granted access to the market would be required to support at least one of the "standard" resolution sizes so that everything works on every device.
As standard resolutions, I would suggest: 240x320, 480x800 and 600x1024.
Slightly oversize devices like the Motorolas running at 480x854 or 800x1280 would be required to have a "border" mode similar to running an iPhone only app on an iPad, where is simp...
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Apps would be permitted to support non-standard resolutions as well, if the developer chooses to do the extra work.
All handsets granted access to the market would be required to support at least one of the "standard" resolution sizes so that everything works on every device.
As standard resolutions, I would suggest: 240x320, 480x800 and 600x1024.
Slightly oversize devices like the Motorolas running at 480x854 or 800x1280 would be required to have a "border" mode similar to running an iPhone only app on an iPad, where is simp...
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