Getting started photoshop design for an Android application
android, android-drawable, photoshop, responsive-design
Solution
Consider dp = px in Photoshop
- xlarge screens are at least 960dp x 720dp
- large screens are at least 640dp x 480dp
- normal screens are at least 470dp x 320dp
- small screens are at least 426dp x 320dp
Following more specific
- 320dp: a typical phone screen (240x320 ldpi, 320x480 mdpi, 480x800 hdpi, etc).
- 480dp: a tweener tablet like the Streak (480x800 mdpi).
- 600dp: a 7” tablet (600x1024 mdpi).
- 720dp: a 10” tablet (720x1280 mdpi, 800x1280 mdpi, etc).
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I hope it would help you
Problem
I am designing an android application in photoshop. But I am stuck at the first step itself. I have so many confusion and after searching for a solution in google confusion increased threefold. My big confusions are 1.What should be the canvas size 2.What is the size of status bar 3.How many sizes of assets i have to handover to development team. Few suggested me to do everything in DP. Again confusion. 1.How to setup photoshop workspace in DP. 2.What is the size of the canvas I have to start with. 3.What is the size of status bar. 4.how to set text size in sp. Thank you so much.