Apps About Res folder

[Simosf]

Greetings to all.
I'm an experienced programmer, trying to get into Android programming.

So android is very very new to me (php/.net languages i know well).

I have a basic question, since i'm reading a book and it's not so clear about it.

There is a RES folder, that holds 4 subfolders for the image resources, low, medium, high and extra high definition photos.

When i create an application that i target for multiple platforms (Eg. mobile + tablets) do i have to put all 4 instances of the same image to the 4 subfolders or just put it to one (eg. high definition) and all other are automatically scaling when i compile/build the app?


Regards,
Simon.

 

[jonbonazza]

Welcome. =)

If you have multiple sizes of the image for each screen resolution, then you need to put each one in its respective folder. If you only put one in one or a couple folders, the system will choose the best one, but it will not do any scaling.