Android various resolution types

1. Device resolution

The platform includes the following device definitions for use with creating Android Virtual Devices in the AVD Manager:

• Nexus 7 (7.3 ", X-Large, tvdpi screen)
• Galaxy Nexus (4.7 ", 720 x, Normal xhdpi screen)
• Nexus S (4.0 ", 480 x, Normal hdpi screen)
• Nexus One (3.7 ", 480 x 720, Normal hdpi screen)
• 10.1 "WXGA Tablet (X-large x, mdpi screen)
• 7.0 "WSVGA Tablet (1024x768 x, Large mdpi screen)
• 5.4 "FWVGA (480 x 854, Large mdpi screen)
• 5.1 "WVGA (480 x, Large mdpi screen)
• 4.7 "WXGA (720 x, Normal xhdpi screen)
• 4.65 "720p (720 x, Normal xhdpi screen)
• 4.0 "WVGA (480 x, Normal hdpi screen)
• 3.7 "WVGA (480 x, Normal hdpi screen)
• 3.7 "FWVGA Slider (480 x 854, Normal hdpi screen)
• 3.4 "WQVGA (x 432, Normal ldpi screen)
• 3.3 "WQVGA (X-ray, Normal ldpi screen)
• 3.2 "QVGA ADP2 (x 480, Normal mdpi screen)
• 3.2 "HVGA slider ADP1 (x 480, Normal mdpi screen)
• 2.7 "QVGA slider (x, Small ldpi screen)
• 2.7 "QVGA (x, Small ldpi screen)

2. Simulator Skin

The downloadable platform includes the following emulator skins:

• QVGA (240x320, low density, small-screen)
• WQVGA400 (240x400, low density, normal screen)
• WQVGA432 (240x432, low density, normal screen)
• HVGA (320x480, medium density, normal screen)
• WVGA800 (480x800, high density, normal screen)
• WVGA854 (480x854 high density, normal screen)
• WXGA720 (1280x720, extra-high density, normal screen)
• WSVGA (1024x600, medium density, large screen)
• WXGA (1280x800, medium density, xlarge screen)

3. Icon Resolution

MDPI medium-density screen (~160dpi)

hdpi high-density screen (~240dpi)

xhdpi extra-high-density screen (~320dpi)

"There is also a low-density–ldpi–category, but most of the devices with low-density screens was now retired."

Excerpt from: Brian Hardy. "Android programming:the Big Nerd Ranch Guide". IBooks.

Android various resolution types