[Mono-list] Monodroid + emulator

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:02 AM, sebi77 wrote:
> I'm writing an app for an Android tablet, so I need larger resolution then
> the default. I set up a 1024*768, 2.2 Android emulator, and I deleted the
> "Abstracted LCD density" property, because it spoils the size of my bitmaps.
> It works fine with Eclipse+Java, but with Monodevelop the app doesn't fit
> the screen, only cc. the half of it. What's wrong? Thx!

A more appropriate list would be:

	http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid

That said, the problem is a feature -- Mono for Android automatically generates a <uses-sdk/> element and sets the minSdkVersion attribute to the TargetFrameworkVersion you compiled against. The default Java project, meanwhile, will not.

Result: you're automatically "opted in" to the "new", "no automagic scaling" support introduced in Android 1.5 (API level 3!):

	http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

	"Starting with Android 1.6 (API Level 4), Android provides support for multiple screen sizes and densities, reflecting the many different screen configurations that a device may have."

You can override this behavior by adding a <uses-sdk/> without any attributes to your Properties\AndroidManifest.xml file (which will override the default behavior).

 - Jon