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   esaevian
   Member

   Hello all.

   I currently have an iPhone app that's up and ready to go and using Sparrow. It is currently iPhone only, meaning that on an iPad it has the little 1x/2x button to switch between the different modes.

   I would like to instead have the app load in new, larger-resolution graphics when run on an iPad, but I can't find any information about how to use @2x/@hd or anything like that. I am also worried about keeping the app small (I'm already at 10MB, since I also threw in OpenFeint).

   Are there some standards/rules/best practices to follow when I set up the app for the iPad? Could I have the app automatically detect when it's running on an iPad, or should I make a whole separate app? Would it be weird to support iPad and not Retina (which would be yet another set of graphics). What is the difference in size between iPhone/iPad/Retina? I also have no idea how the whole scale factor thing works at the moment?

   Thanks in Advance,
   -Esa

   Posted 10 months ago #
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   esaevian
   Member

   Anyone? I've already started rescaling my assets (They were vectors in Flash, so I'm just scaling up and re-exporting). I thought that I just needed to double the size for the iPad...but apparently that's for Retina (which I'm not interested in at the moment)? What is the ratio of iPad to iPhone so I can rescale my assets properly? Should I try to do the @2x thing or just do my own device detection and conditional image loading?

   Posted 10 months ago #
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   alex_h
   Moderator

   iPad is 1024 x 768
   iPhone is 480 x 320
   retina iPhone is 960 640

   definitely use sparrows built in @2x system, don't re-invent the wheel

   There are a few recent posts about using an @hd system or similar for loading iPad versions of graphics automatically. This allows you to make a universal app that detects the platform and loads appropriate graphics. The downside, as you anticipated, is increased file size. There is no hard and fast rule as to the best approach, it's up to you to decide what is most appropriate for your situation.

   cheers,

   Alex

   Posted 10 months ago #
4. 

   alex_h
   Moderator

   iPad is 1024 x 768
   iPhone is 480 x 320
   retina iPhone is 960 640

   definitely use sparrows built in @2x system, don't re-invent the wheel

   There are a few recent posts about also using an @hd system or similar for loading iPad versions of graphics automatically. This allows you to make a universal app that detects the platform and loads appropriate graphics. The downside, as you anticipated, is increased file size. There is no hard and fast rule as to the best approach, it's up to you to decide what is most appropriate for your situation.

   cheers,

   Alex

   Posted 10 months ago #
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   Daniel
   Primary Feather

   Have a look at this forum post as well for a possible way to go!

   Posted 10 months ago #

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