1104366 - Investigate use of xxxhdpi resources for Lollipop on Nexus 6

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Theme and Visual Design, defect)

Description

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

The Nexus 6 is between the xxhdpi and xxxhdpi resolutions [1] so we should see how Fennec currently looks on the device and figure out if the higher resolution assets are necessary.

If so, we should investigate if only xxhdpi or xxxhdpi is necessary (to save APK size), and if these resources can replace xhdpi as the sole resource size (see bug 959203).

[1]: http://android-developers.blogspot.ca/2014/10/getting-your-apps-ready-for-nexus-6-and.html

Comment 1

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

Note: the article in comment 0 claims we need an xxxhdpi application icon in any case.

Comment 2

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

(In reply to Michael Comella (:mcomella) from comment #1)
> Note: the article in comment 0 claims we need an xxxhdpi application icon in
> any case.

I added one in Bug 959379, which ships in 33.

Comment 3

[Paul [pwd]]

I can't remember on what post it was on G+, but I believe Dianne Hackborn said apps should be able to get away with XXDPI for Quad HD devices like the Nexus 6, LG G3 and Note 4.

Comment 4

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

I am receiving a Nexus 6 this week, I can take a look.

Comment 5

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Attachment: screenshot.png

Screenshot from a Nexus 6. Are there any specifics you'd like me to check out? From the base it looks OK to me.

Comment 6

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Actually if I zoom in on my desktop browser to jumbo size I can see that buttons (e.g, x in the banner, the tab button, the menu button, etc, are all blurred)

Comment 7

[Paul [pwd]]

Dianne Hackborn said:
> Don't worry about xxxhdpi assets unless they are clearly making a visible difference (that is, they probably won't).  Except of course for the app icon, but that is because the app icon is often drawn at a larger size.

https://plus.google.com/+JuhaniLehtim%C3%A4ki/posts/1zvQwKLBsx9

Comment 8

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

(In reply to Paul [pwd] from comment #7)
> Dianne Hackborn said:
> > Don't worry about xxxhdpi assets unless they are clearly making a visible difference (that is, they probably won't).  Except of course for the app icon, but that is because the app icon is often drawn at a larger size.
> 
> https://plus.google.com/+JuhaniLehtim%C3%A4ki/posts/1zvQwKLBsx9

Good point - thanks Paul.

Comment 9

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

(In reply to Aaron Train [:aaronmt] from comment #6)
> Actually if I zoom in on my desktop browser to jumbo size I can see that
> buttons (e.g, x in the banner, the tab button, the menu button, etc, are all
> blurred)

File some bugs if anything looks blurry when using the device - it's probably related to the scaling of assets.