Having designed an interface for HDPI in Fireworks (480x800) and now moving it over ready for an MDPI version (320x480) i've come across an issue
Proportionally, the HDPI screen is slightly taller than the MDPI screen.
I know my images will resize, but even still am losing some space height wise
Evyerthing fits on screen beautifully on HDPI version....but now its resized down to MDPI the smaller proportion in height means i'm more stuck for space.
How does one avoid this issue?
I asked the developer if the space between elements can be altered for the MDPI version (eg, on a screen with 8 text fields.... the space between the fields is shortened), he said it will work on percentage of the screen etc.....that's all ok...problem is that
A 480x800 screen -- if this is downsized (proportionally width and height) to a width of 320, the height ends up as 533, not 480.
Therefore i lose 53 pixels in height.
Have I got confused? How do i sort this out? Much thanks