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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/practices/screens-support-1.5.jd b/docs/html/guide/practices/screens-support-1.5.jd index 6fd36bb..9f033b4 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/practices/screens-support-1.5.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/practices/screens-support-1.5.jd @@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ an application designed for Android 1.5</li> <h2>In this document</h2> <ol> <li><a href="#strategies">Adding Multiple Screens Support</a></li> - <li><a href="#CompatMode">Compatibility Mode</a></li> </ol> <h2>See also</h2> @@ -47,11 +46,13 @@ android:targetSdkVersion}</a> set to {@code "4"} or higher, then this document i default, an application written for Android 1.5 or below that does not set the <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#target">{@code android:targetSdkVersion}</a> set to {@code "4"} or higher runs in <a -href="#CompatMode">compatibility mode</a> when on a device with a screen larger than the +href="screen-compat-mode">screen compatibility mode</a> when on a device with a screen larger than +the <em>normal</em> screen size (basically, the system displays the application in a small window that is roughly the size of the normal screen size).</p> -<p>This document describes how to get your application out of <a href="#CompatMode">compatibility +<p>This document describes how to get your application out of <a +href="screen-compat-mode.html">screen compatibility mode</a> and instead support multiple screens, but also maintain compatibility with Android 1.5 and below.</p> @@ -144,43 +145,3 @@ Android 3.0 and use the WXGA emulator skin.</p> href="{@docRoot}guide/practices/screens_support.html">Supporting Multiple Screens</a> to add complete support for different screen configurations.</p> - -<h2 id="CompatMode">Compatibility Mode</h2> - -<div class="figure" style="width:450px;margin:0"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/screens_support/compat-mode-on.png" alt="" /> -<p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 1.</strong> An application running in compatibility mode -on an extra large screen.</p> -</div> - -<p>To allow applications to run on larger screens without stretching the UI, Android provides a -compatibility mode that draws an application's UI in a "postage stamp" window when on larger -screens. That is, the system displays the application at the baseline size (<em>normal</em>) and -density (<em>mdpi</em>), with a black border that fills the rest of the screen.</p> - -<p>Compatibility mode exists primarily to support application's developed for Android 1.5 (or lower) -when running on larger screens, because multiple screen support was not added until Android 1.6, -older applications were not designed to support different screen configurations.</p> - -<p>As such, if you've set your <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#min">{@code -android:minSdkVersion}</a> to {@code "3"} or lower and have <em>not</em> set the <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#target">{@code -android:targetSdkVersion}</a> to {@code "4"} or higher, then compatibility mode is enabled and -the system will not scale your application, because your application implicitly declares that it -only supports the baseline screen configuration (normal screen size and medium density).</p> - -<p>To disable compatibility mode, set either <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#min">{@code -android:minSdkVersion}</a> or <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#target">{@code -android:targetSdkVersion}</a> to {@code "4"} or higher. For more information, see the previous -section about <a href="#strategies">Adding Multiple Screens Support</a>.</p> - -<p>You can also affect whether compatibility mode is enabled by using the <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/supports-screens-element.html">{@code -<supports-screens>}</a> element (you can enable it by setting {@code android:resizeable} or -specific screen sizes to {@code "false"}). However, you should not explicitly enable compatibility -mode for your application, but should instead apply the necessary techniques to <a -href="{@docRoot}guide/practices/screens_support.html">supporting multiple screens</a> and allow your -application to properly fit the screen on all screen sizes.</p> |