Android Splash Screen Sizes for Ldpi,Mdpi, Hdpi, Xhdpi Displays? - Eg:1024X768 Pixels for Ldpi

android splash screen sizes for ldpi,mdpi, hdpi, xhdpi displays ? - eg : 1024X768 pixels for ldpi

There can be any number of different screen sizes due to Android having no set standard size so as a guide you can use the minimum screen sizes, which are provided by Google.

According to Google's statistics the majority of ldpi displays are small screens and the majority of mdpi, hdpi, xhdpi and xxhdpi displays are normal sized screens.

• xlarge screens are at least 960dp x 720dp
• large screens are at least 640dp x 480dp
• normal screens are at least 470dp x 320dp
• small screens are at least 426dp x 320dp

You can view the statistics on the relative sizes of devices on Google's dashboard which is available here.

More information on multiple screens can be found here.

9 Patch image

The best solution is to create a nine-patch image so that the image's border can stretch to fit the size of the screen without affecting the static area of the image.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html#nine-patch

Android splash screen image sizes to fit all devices

Disclaimer

This answer is from 2013 and is seriously outdated. As of Android 3.2 there are now 6 groups of screen density. This answer will be updated as soon as I am able, but with no ETA. Refer to the official documentation for all the densities at the moment (although information on specific pixel sizes is as always hard to find).

Here's the tl/dr version

• Create 4 images, one for each screen density:

  • xlarge (xhdpi): 640x960
  • large (hdpi): 480x800
  • medium (mdpi): 320x480
  • small (ldpi): 240x320

• Read 9-patch image introduction in Android Developer Guide

• Design images that have areas that can be safely stretched without compromising the end result

With this, Android will select the appropriate file for the device's image density, then it will stretch the image according to the 9-patch standard.

end of tl;dr. Full post ahead

I am answering in respect to the design-related aspect of the question. I am not a developer, so I won't be able to provide code for implementing many of the solutions provided. Alas, my intent is to help designers who are as lost as I was when I helped develop my first Android App.

Fitting all sizes

With Android, companies can develop their mobile phones and tables of almost any size, with almost any resolution they want. Because of that, there is no "right image size" for a splash screen, as there are no fixed screen resolutions. That poses a problem for people that want to implement a splash screen.

Do your users really want to see a splash screen?

(On a side note, splash screens are somewhat discouraged among the usability guys. It is argued that the user already knows what app he tapped on, and branding your image with a splash screen is not necessary, as it only interrupts the user experience with an "ad". It should be used, however, in applications that require some considerable loading when initialized (5s+), including games and such, so that the user is not stuck wondering if the app crashed or not)

Screen density; 4 classes

So, given so many different screen resolutions in the phones on the market, Google implemented some alternatives and nifty solutions that can help. The first thing you have to know is that Android separates ALL screens into 4 distinct screen densities:

1. Low Density (ldpi ~ 120dpi)
2. Medium Density (mdpi ~ 160dpi)
3. High Density (hdpi ~ 240dpi)
4. Extra-High Density (xhdpi ~ 320dpi)
   (These dpi values are approximations, since custom built devices will have varying dpi values)

What you (if you're a designer) need to know from this is that Android basically chooses from 4 images to display, depending on the device. So you basically have to design 4 different images (although more can be developed for different formats such as widescreen, portrait/landscape mode, etc).

With that in mind know this: unless you design a screen for every single resolution that is used in Android, your image will stretch to fit screen size. And unless your image is basically a gradient or blur, you'll get some undesired distortion with the stretching. So you have basically two options: create an image for each screen size/density combination, or create four 9-patch images.

The hardest solution is to design a different splash screen for every single resolution. You can start by following the resolutions in the table at the end of this page (there are more. Example: 960 x 720 is not listed there). And assuming you have some small detail in the image, such as small text, you have to design more than one screen for each resolution. For example, a 480x800 image being displayed in a medium screen might look ok, but on a smaller screen (with higher density/dpi) the logo might become too small, or some text might become unreadable.

9-patch image

The other solution is to create a 9-patch image. It is basically a 1-pixel-transparent-border around your image, and by drawing black pixels in the top and left area of this border you can define which portions of your image will be allowed to stretch. I won't go into the details of how 9-patch images work but, in short, the pixels that align to the markings in the top and left area are the pixels that will be repeated to stretch the image.

A few ground rules

1. You can make these images in photoshop (or any image editing software that can accurately create transparent pngs).
2. The 1-pixel border has to be FULL TRANSPARENT.
3. The 1-pixel transparent border has to be all around your image, not just top and left.
4. you can only draw black (#000000) pixels in this area.
5. The top and left borders (which define the image stretching) can only have one dot (1px x 1px), two dots (both 1px x 1px) or ONE continuous line (width x 1px or 1px x height).
6. If you choose to use 2 dots, the image will be expanded proportionally (so each dot will take turns expanding until the final width/height is achieved)
7. The 1px border has to be in addition to the intended base file dimensions. So a 100x100 9-patch image has to actually have 102x102 (100x100 +1px on top, bottom, left and right)
8. 9-patch images have to end with *.9.png

So you can place 1 dot on either side of your logo (in the top border), and 1 dot above and below it (on the left border), and these marked rows and columns will be the only pixels to stretch.

Example

Here's a 9-patch image, 102x102px (100x100 final size, for app purposes):

Here's a 200% zoom of the same image:

Notice the 1px marks on top and left saying which rows/columns will expand.

Here's what this image would look like in 100x100 inside the app:

And here's what it would like if expanded to 460x140:

One last thing to consider. These images might look fine on your monitor screen and on most mobiles, but if the device has a very high image density (dpi), the image would look too small. Probably still legible, but on a tablet with 1920x1200 resolution, the image would appear as a very small square in the middle. So what's the solution? Design 4 different 9-patch launcher images, each for a different density set. To ensure that no shrinking will occur, you should design in the lowest common resolution for each density category. Shrinking is undesirable here because 9-patch only accounts for stretching, so in a shrinking process small text and other elements might lose legibility.

Here's a list of the smallest, most common resolutions for each density category:

• xlarge (xhdpi): 640x960
• large (hdpi): 480x800
• medium (mdpi): 320x480
• small (ldpi): 240x320

So design four splash screens in the above resolutions, expand the images, putting a 1px transparent border around the canvas, and mark which rows/columns will be stretchable. Keep in mind these images will be used for ANY device in the density category, so your ldpi image (240 x 320) might be stretched to 1024x600 on an extra large tablet with small image density (~120 dpi). So 9-patch is the best solution for the stretching, as long as you don't want a photo or complicated graphics for a splash screen (keep in mind these limitations as you create the design).

Again, the only way for this stretching not to happen is to design one screen each resolution (or one for each resolution-density combination, if you want to avoid images becoming too small/big on high/low density devices), or to tell the image not to stretch and have a background color appear wherever stretching would occur (also remember that a specific color rendered by the Android engine will probably look different from the same specific color rendered by photoshop, because of color profiles).

I hope this made any sense. Good luck!

Image resolution for mdpi, hdpi, xhdpi and xxhdpi

Please read the Android Documentation regarding screen sizes.

From a base image size, there is a 3:4:6:8:12:16 scaling ratio in drawable size by DPI.

LDPI - 0.75x
MDPI - Original size // means 1.0x here 
HDPI - 1.5x
XHDPI - 2.0x
XXHDPI - 3x
XXXHDPI - 4.0x

For example, 100x100px image on a MDPI will be the same size of a 200x200px on a XHDPI screen.

Android: Splash Screen resolution

You have a couple of options:

Make a 9 patch splash screen (make parts of it stretchable).

Do not stretch your image (instead of android:scaleType="fitXY" use android:scaleType="fitCenter", for example, and center imageview inside a layout.

Make a simpler splash screen layout with multiple imageviews, that will handle different resolutions without a problem.

Edit:

For multiple imageview options, you take one part of your splash scree (for example center logo), put in inside actual layout, start application. Does it look good? Okay, that take it's size (in px) and device density to this calculator, for example, and see what sizes for other densities would be

For example, is 200 px looks good on your hdpi device it should be something like this:

ldpi    @ 133.33dp   = 100.00px

mdpi    @ 133.33dp  = 133.33px

hdpi    @ 133.33dp  = 200.00px // this one is your device

xhdpi   @ 133.33dp  = 266.67px

Edit 2:

To be honest, no one knows how it works. Some voodoo rituals might help.

What Image size I should keep in Android for Splash Screen?

it requires different image sizes for different screens

for default emulator requires 480*800 size of image

check this link android-splash-screens

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