Hi all,
I'm working on some wallpapers for android, but I want to know the exact size of the image for each phone/resolution so that the user doen't have to crop the picture.
In my case, I have a Desire, which has a resolution of 480*800, and most people use 5 pages (left2, left1, center, right1, right2).
How can I figure out the correct width for the wallpapers, as the scroll is kinda weird.
I hope you get what I mean
Also, can someone post the different resolutions of android phones?
Thx in advance for any answers
OK, I figured it out...
Phone Resolution = Wallpaper Size
240x320 = 480x320 (QVGA)
240x400 = 480x400 (WQVGA)
240x432 = 480x400 (WQVGA)
320x480 = 640x480 (HVGA)
480x800 = 960x800 (WVGA)
480x854 = 960x854 (WVGA)
Hope somebody will find this useful too
Wheezy_be said:
OK, I figured it out...
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Has always been 2x horizontal resolution by 1x vertical resolution, not exactly rocket science IMHO
i actually found op's results somewhat useful but then also poster ^ there for explaining it by x2 by x1. i have been having trouble finding a good wallpaper cause my tablet is 7" but res. is, i think, 800x480. so my size would be 1600x480, right?
the issue i always have is when i pick a wall it tells me to crop but even after i crop it, it doesnt size it correctly like i had cropped it
tablet is orignally in landscape but w/ a rotate app i also use portrait, if that even matters at all
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Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a specific background for my hero.
I've downloaded the 'backgrounds' app from the market and also had a search via google with no luck.
Any idea where I can get a Tottenham Hotspur wallpaper from?
Or if not, how I can convert a picture to use as a wallpaper?
Thanks,
B
errm..
http://www.tottenhamhotspurs.tv/tottenham-pictures-5/
or even here
whats the background image resolution on the uk tmobile g2 ?
i.e. not the physical screen resolution, but the resolution of the image that is scrolled in the background of the default 7 touchflo (android home?) pages. i dont think its simply 7x width of screen, as it doesnt scroll as much as the foreground
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Check the HTC site and see if it lists the dpi (dot per inch / dot pitch) of the screen... but a 72 dpi image should be fine, or use a larger size than 640x480.
As long as its the same aspect ratio it will scale nicely when cropped.
Cheers joe!
I've found something decent, I was under the impression I needed a specific android wallpaper, but the image I found from one of your links seems to work fine!
Thanks...
http://g1wallz.com/
this site will be usefull there are enough wallpapers. i like this site
Any 640x480 jpeg image should be fine for a home screen background, anything larger can be cropped down when you set it
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Alright so the screen resolution for this device is 320x480, and the default android home features 3 screens. Wallpapers are stretched across all 3 screens..so you would think 3x the width with the same height. However, most information I find says that the correct wallpaper size would be 640x480.. which would only be 2x the size.
It's easy enough to just say double the width, but that only works for 3 screens(?). I'm interested in the formula here so I can determine the correct wallpaper size for 5 or 7 screens.
Is it the obvious +1/2 width for each additional screen? For instance:
320x480 resolution, 3 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)= 640, 640x480
320x480 resolution, 5 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)= 960, 960x480
400x854 resolution, 3 screens. 400+(400/2)+(400/2) = 800, 800x854
Am I on the money with this?
I dont think it actually adds anything to the size with more screens. I think it just divides it differently. I have used the same wallpaper with 3/4/5 screens and the pic is always the same.
You have to remember the wallpaper doesn't get stretch rather the space on top of the displayed area gets divided depending on how many home screens you have. In all the final wallpaper is still 640x480 but it overlaps in 3, 5, 7 etc places.
Just think of each of the 'screens' overlapping to understand how the homescreen works.
So then the proper wallpaper size for any Android device is 2x width x height? Or is it device specific.
Celeras said:
So then the proper wallpaper size for any Android device is 2x width x height? Or is it device specific.
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i think now with the Tattoo being available it depends on the device.
i think i would go with 'device-specific'. i'm curious what resolution builds like the pulse version uses.
it's rather apparent that the current 320x480 devices just use a shorter pan across a 640x480 image when the number of homescreens goes up. i suppose we could all just use larger wallpaper images, since android will crop oversized images to the appropriate resolution depending on what device it's on.
jayzusfk said:
i think i would go with 'device-specific'. i'm curious what resolution builds like the pulse version uses.
it's rather apparent that the current 320x480 devices just use a shorter pan across a 640x480 image when the number of homescreens goes up. i suppose we could all just use larger wallpaper images, since android will crop oversized images to the appropriate resolution depending on what device it's on.
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I read the Pulse uses a 2:3 ratio, it uses two rows of three screens after all. I read something like 512x768 works well.
As Prash said.
For the G1, wallpaper is 640x480. If you had 50 screens, it'd still be 640x480.
However, different devices have different screen resolutions.
Not even worth reading
Celeras said:
Search came up blank, sorry if this is mentioned elsewhere.
Alright so the screen resolution for this device is 320x480, and the default android home features 3 screens. Wallpapers are stretched across all 3 screens..so you would think 3x the width with the same height. However, most information I find says that the correct wallpaper size would be 640x480.. which would only be 2x the size.
It's easy enough to just say double the width, but that only works for 3 screens(?). I'm interested in the formula here so I can determine the correct wallpaper size for 5 or 7 screens.
Is it the obvious +1/2 width for each additional screen? For instance:
320x480 resolution, 3 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)= 640, 640x480
320x480 resolution, 5 screens. 320+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)+(320/2)= 960, 960x480
400x854 resolution, 3 screens. 400+(400/2)+(400/2) = 800, 800x854
Am I on the money with this?
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Just take the original width and multiply it by the number of screens you have. No need to do this /2 crap. Makes no sense....regardless of what you read. Now...if you wanted to have say 5 screens with less wallpaper scrolling when you transition from screen to screen...then you could implement your division tables as stated in your original post. It really functions no different than a desktop with multiple monitors....other than the fact that you have one screen and wallpaper scrolling on the Android device.
EDIT:....I guess I have been working too many hours....totally forgot about the fact that you have to crop images when setting your wallpaper. That being said....stick with 640X480. I am gonna go punch myself in the face now.
Size of the background does not matter. The ssytems will scale it when you choose the wallpaper. Or you can manually select what you see in the gallery.
If you need the background to look a specific way then yes the size matters.
Since the system will stretch or shrink as needed.
Proportion is more important. 640x480, 1280x960, 800x600 They will all scale to the same appearance.
As for screens:
What changes is the amount of the background that shifts.
On 3 screens the left screen see 0-50 of the picture, the right sees 50-100 the center screen sees 25-75.
On 9 screens: These numbers are off because it actually takes like 6.22 or something but this is close.
screen 1 = 0-50
screen 2 = 6-56
screen 3 = 12-62
screen 4 = 18-68
screen 5 = 24-74
screen 6 = 30-80
screen 7 = 36-86
screen 9 = 42-92
screen 9 = 50-100
I would be impressed if someone can figure out a way to make each screen a different wallpaper. A single image would be fantastic but probably unlikely.
bubonik said:
I would be impressed if someone can figure out a way to make each screen a different wallpaper. A single image would be fantastic but probably unlikely.
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bump for this post. is it really possible to use a single wallpaper without stretching in all homescreens? becuase i want my son's picture as wallpaper but i dont the picture to be stretched. wallpaper plus can do this fine but it isnt compatible with eclair 2.0. any idea guys. regards
no1 wants non-scrollable wallpaper?
any1??
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+1 for non-scrollable wallpaper...better late than never?
Tommmii said:
+1 for non-scrollable wallpaper...better late than never?
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Launcher Pro has a stationary-wallpaper option.
I've had this problem for the longest time and it's super annoying and I don't know how to fix it. I pick a 480x800 wallpaper and it work fine in Portrait Mode, but when I put my phone in Landscape mode it is cut off half way or choppy lookin. What I'm confused about is when you pick a wallpaper for the today screen and sense home it only gives you the option to pick just one wallpaper, it dosent give the option to pick two like one for Portrait and one for Landscape like in S2U2. Also the default wallpapers work both Portrait and Landscape, How come? whats different from the defaults then my wallpaper? I would very grateful if someone can shed some info on this.
That's easy.
Default wallpapers are 800 x 800 and these work perfect.
Just imagine - when you turn the orientation,
the picture is also turned so different part of it is cut to fit the screen.
So, in landscape the picture has to be 800 wide to fit the screen,
800 x 480 is just too thin to fill it.
doministry said:
That's easy.
Default wallpapers are 800 x 800 and these work perfect.
Just imagine - when you turn the orientation,
the picture is also turned so different part of it is cut to fit the screen.
So, in landscape the picture has to be 800 wide to fit the screen,
800 x 480 is just too thin to fill it.
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Thanks so much, hmmm so my wallpapers have to be 800X800 then.
doministry said:
That's easy.
Default wallpapers are 800 x 800 and these work perfect.
Just imagine - when you turn the orientation,
the picture is also turned so different part of it is cut to fit the screen.
So, in landscape the picture has to be 800 wide to fit the screen,
800 x 480 is just too thin to fill it.
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I followed your advice and made the wallpapers 800x800, The problem is it worked for pic number 2(The one with the start menu) but The 1st pic that is using manilla 2.5 1922 it still looks like the pic I posted. Any Ideas.
Look up "Wallpaper Maker" by Qiang Liu in Market. Works wonders with my Galaxy Tab
kaleben said:
Look up "Wallpaper Maker" by Qiang Liu in Market. Works wonders with my Galaxy Tab
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Um what??? Bro I posted this thread in January 2010, it is now Aug 2011? I don't even use Sense 2.5 anymore nor does going to the Android market help when these pics were shot in WM 6.5.3???
Hey guys, my laptop's screen resolution is 1366x768 but it's very difficult to find wallpapers with that res. What's the next best wallpaper size that will fit nicely with the screen without any distortions or major cropping? I'm running Windows 7.
go to google images, advanced, use desktop size.
http://images.google.com/images?as_...:1,isz:ex,iszw:1366,iszh:768&biw=1680&bih=837
1600x1200 would work nice close to the aspect ratio.
It's worthwhile to know how to crop and resize images with photo editors. That way, you can use any image you want as your wallpaper, despite your weird screen resolution.
Mines 1440x900 yeah use advanced google search then type your res in there or photoshop a photo
Now you see i just go straight to the top and mine is 1920x1080
lol
desktop: 1280x1024
laptop:1280x800
or Google 1366x768 wallpapers
infact 'Let me Google that for you'
There is actualy a lot of websites with the odd resolution maybe it's not so odd
Its a fairly common resolution because its 16:9 720p screen.
Does anyone know of a web site with wallpapers that run 800x1200? I'm not coming up with much via google for portrait orientated wallpapers.
1280x800 is the native resolution though. Try searching for that instead.
Perfect fit resolution (for scrolling wallpapers in launchers) in 1600*1280
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1280x800 is the native resolution though. Try searching for that instead.
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You are correct, I forgot the 80. WHO FORGETS THE 80!!!
1600 x 1280
in order to get a picture with a 1280 vertical width you need to look for pictures or wallpapers that originally are 1600 x 1280. then use most image editing programs to crop the image to 800 x 1280 pixels - width and height.
i for one prefer for my wallpaper to remain still while my icons are being swiped by. I also find most images i used have a center focus.
also i try to if possible to edit the bit rate to be 24 bit for the image. don't know if this helps to display the image better but since the note is reported to display at 24 bits why have images any larger.
Use wallpaper wizardrii. Works perfect!
use PicSpeed wallpapers... its free on the market