Have other people run into Android devices with aspect ratios that are too high?

Solar2D Android
#1

We currently have an app (landscape) that shows black letter boxing on the 2 sides of the devices. We currently use the approach rakoonic posted here:

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/39348-why-the-fuss-with-configlua-and-variable-aspect-ratios-alternative-code-inside/

And we have tried the first of the approach recommended here.

http://coronalabs.com/blog/2013/09/10/modernizing-the-config-lua/

But we are still seeing it. And the reason is that the device we are dealing with as a pixelWidth and pixelHeight of 552 x 1024 (aspect ratio of 1.855), which is higher than the maximum aspect ratio of 570/320 = 1.78 supportable by the recommended approaches.

Are other people seeing this problem? We happen to spot this issue on a Noria tablet, but want to see if anyone else is having the issue and if there are recommended ways of dealing with this?

Thanks!

Andrew

#2

I’ve got another approach, where you just need to have background images that have large enough bleed zones to cover the extra screen space.
http://www.swipeware.com/backgrounds-with-no-black-borders-on-appleandroid-devices/

It’s quite an old post, but you’ll see the principle I use.

#3

Some Android devices count the softbar as part of their screen size when advertising the device but it’s taken out of the content area on the device and you get some extreme aspect ratios.  The normal screen fitting methods should work, except that the background images most people build are based on a maximum aspect ratio of 1.78:1 like a 570x360 (based on the wider 570x320 and the 480x360 for the more square iPad shape).  You may need to adjust your artwork to fit the widest aspect ratio you need to support

#4

Thanks guys for the details. Yeah, I agree, a bigger bleed appears to be necessary. 

Looking at the 1.855:1 ratio, that would mean a background image of 594x380, or something like that. I wonder how common this issue is and if it warrants such a change…

Thanks!

Andrew 

#5

I’ve got another approach, where you just need to have background images that have large enough bleed zones to cover the extra screen space.
http://www.swipeware.com/backgrounds-with-no-black-borders-on-appleandroid-devices/

It’s quite an old post, but you’ll see the principle I use.

#6

Some Android devices count the softbar as part of their screen size when advertising the device but it’s taken out of the content area on the device and you get some extreme aspect ratios.  The normal screen fitting methods should work, except that the background images most people build are based on a maximum aspect ratio of 1.78:1 like a 570x360 (based on the wider 570x320 and the 480x360 for the more square iPad shape).  You may need to adjust your artwork to fit the widest aspect ratio you need to support

#7

Thanks guys for the details. Yeah, I agree, a bigger bleed appears to be necessary. 

Looking at the 1.855:1 ratio, that would mean a background image of 594x380, or something like that. I wonder how common this issue is and if it warrants such a change…

Thanks!

Andrew