mportuesisf/screeninfo

Screen Information utility for Android OS

ScreenInfo

A simple app to display the screen configuration parameters for an Android device.

Copyright (c) 2011 Michael J. Portuesi (http://www.jotabout.com)

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Privacy Policy (for users of the application)

ScreenInfo does not require personal information in order to use it. ScreenInfo does not utilize Android system permissions that could allow it to obtain personal or device-specific identification information, nor does it ask you for this information while it is in use.

ScreenInfo collects information pertaining to one thing only: the display screen characteristics of your Android device. It does not share information with other apps or services unless you explicitly choose to do so via the "Share" menu.

Contributors

The following individuals have contributed to the development of ScreenInfo, through code contributions. Thank you!

• Chris Hatch

screeninfo's Issues

Display dimensions on screen

Description

As a developer, I would like to see rule lines on the screen that show the actual dimensions of the screen so that I know exactly how many pixels there are.

Acceptance Criteria

• Develop a custom view that can display a drafting-style rule line, both horiz and vertically
• Integrate into the interface
• Unit tests

SPIKE: New Info to report in Lollipop

Description

Check the release notes between API levels 17 and 22 and see if anything has appeared that would be useful to report via ScreenInfo.

Screen Aspect Ratio

Description

As a developer, I would like to see the screen aspect ratio of the device so that I can better judge how my UX will look/perform.

Assumptions

• This must be derived from the physical width/height of the display

Acceptance Criteria

• Calculate Screen Aspect ratio as an integer:integer value
• Calculate Screen Aspect Ratio as a value over 1 (width over height)
• Display in Screen Info
• Include in Share report
• Unit tests

Visual Redesign

Description

As a user of ScreenInfo, I would like the app to look nicer so that it is pleasing to use.

Assumptions

• We will use as many modern UI idioms as possible, but must stay compatible with older devices (back to API 8, Froyo)
• Require a visual mock to start

Acceptance Criteria

• New look implemented
• Any requisite tests updated
• Runs on Froyo device
• Runs on latest (Lollipop) device

Unit tests

Description

As a ScreenInfo developer, I want unit tests so that I can be certain the basic features work properly.

Assumptions

• We will use the new Android unit test support

Acceptance Criteria

• Tests for the Screen model object
• Tests for the main activity

Display resource lookup string

Description

As a developer, I would like to see the resource naming lookup string that matches this device so that I can get a better idea of which layouts and drawables will b

Assumptions

• We need to stay compatible with old devices

Acceptance Criteria

• Display a series of strings in matching order, using:
  -- minWidthDP (for modern devices)
  -- fully qualified screen size/density (pre-honeycomb)
  -- qualified just density
  -- qualified size
  -- generic
• Include in screen display
• Include in share report
• Unit tests

DP/DPI Calculator

Description

As a developer, I would like to convert between pixel sizes for the various screen densities so I can know what size my assets should be.

Acceptance Criteria

• Displays fields for DPI ldpi, mdpi, hdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi, xxxhdpi, (and also DP)
• User enters data in one field
• All other fields are calculated
• Calculation rounds to nearest whole number
• Display a square region on the screen of that box, in DP units
• Unit tests

Port to Android Studio/Gradle

Description

As a potential developer of ScreenInfo, I would like it to work with Android Studio so that I can develop using modern tools.

Acceptance Criteria

• Import to Android Studio
• Clean up old Eclipse artifacts
• Builds and runs in emulator and on real device

Lollipop support

Description

As an Android developer, I would like ScreenInfo to support the latest release of Android so that its results are meaningful on the latest hardware.

Acceptance Criteria

• Bump to API 22
• Add support for new screen sizes/densities with Android API (I think xxxhdpi is missing)
• Runs on Lollipop
• Runs on old device (Froyo/Gingerbread)

Redeploy to Google Play

Description

As the developer of ScreenInfo, I want the app to be published in the Play Store once again so that people can use it.

Assumptions

• Prep a list of the artifacts (promo art, etc) that Play Store requires nowadays for a successful app submission.

Acceptance Criteria

• App back in Google Play store

SPIKE: Android Wear support

Description

Investigate and decide if supporting Android Wear makes sense.

Assumptions

• This can be done via emulation - I don't have a Wear device

Acceptance Criteria

• What does it take to package an app for Android wear?
• Does Android Wear provide useful info?
• Can we tell if the screen is round, for instance?