Android retina images confusion

Solar2D Android
#1

Hi, folks

I find the guide on the retina or HD images for Android a little confusing since they state an option to exclude retina images for Android like so:

-- Exclude iOS "retina" image files and .m4a files in the "music" directory         android = { "Icon.png", "\*@2x.png", "music/\*.m4a" },

so, if you build an app on standard size 320x480px, why would you want to remove retina images for Android? Does Corona use only @4x for HD devices on Android or am I missing something here?

#2

Hey, you are getting confused.  That advice was for removing iOS icons from your Android compile.  

Icon images need to in your projects root folder but all other images should always be in a sub folder (such as \images).

Hope that clarifies things.

#3

well yes, that explains a lot. Thank you.

They should write exclude retina icon files and I presume launch screen images (splash screen images) also… “*@2x” means all images that end with that to me. Thanks again.

#4

Where did you find this? If it’s a documentation page or a guide, there is a “Report an issue” link at the bottom of the page. If it’s somewhere else, let me know where and I’ll see about getting that updated.

Thanks

Rob

#5

https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/distribution/buildSettings/#excluding-files

#6

Hi @Odisej,

Our bad… I’ll update that piece of the documentation now…

Brent

#7

great. thanks

#8

Hey, you are getting confused.  That advice was for removing iOS icons from your Android compile.  

Icon images need to in your projects root folder but all other images should always be in a sub folder (such as \images).

Hope that clarifies things.

#9

well yes, that explains a lot. Thank you.

They should write exclude retina icon files and I presume launch screen images (splash screen images) also… “*@2x” means all images that end with that to me. Thanks again.

#10

Where did you find this? If it’s a documentation page or a guide, there is a “Report an issue” link at the bottom of the page. If it’s somewhere else, let me know where and I’ll see about getting that updated.

Thanks

Rob

#11

https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/distribution/buildSettings/#excluding-files

#12

Hi @Odisej,

Our bad… I’ll update that piece of the documentation now…

Brent

#13

great. thanks