Most popular screen sizes/resolutions on Android phones
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I understand that Android's developer site provides information on this topic. I have already read the following three pages:
They do not give the information/statistics that I am looking for. Judging from the second link, the two most important screen categories to support are normal-hdpi and normal-mdpi.
The problem is that simply knowing that these two categories are the most popular is of no help to me. The website gives me a range of screen sizes and densities that go into these categories, but the ranges are quite large.
I want to know what the most popular phones are in these two categories. More specifically, I am looking for the most popular resolutions in these two categories.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
DEVELOPER-DOCS
240*320-ldpi240*400-ldpi240*432-ldpi
320*480-mdpi480*800-mdpi480*854-mdpi1024*600-mdpi1280*800-mdpi
480*800-hdpi480*854-hdpi280*280-hdpi320*320-hdpi
720*1280-xhdpi1200*1290-xhdpi2560*1600-xhdpi768*1280-xhdpi
1080*1920-xxhdpi800*1280-tvdpi
I use these reference to make my app
Quoting an answer from another stackOverflow post for more details
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Device Inches ResolutionPX Density DPI ResolutionDP AspectRatios SysNavYorN ContentResolutionDP
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Galaxy Y 320 x 240 ldpi 0.75 120 427 x 320 4:3 1.3333 427 x 320
? 400 x 240 ldpi 0.75 120 533 x 320 5:3 1.6667 533 x 320
? 432 x 240 ldpi 0.75 120 576 x 320 9:5 1.8000 576 x 320
Galaxy Ace 480 x 320 mdpi 1 160 480 x 320 3:2 1.5000 480 x 320
Nexus S 800 x 480 hdpi 1.5 240 533 x 320 5:3 1.6667 533 x 320
"Galaxy SIII Mini" 800 x 480 hdpi 1.5 240 533 x 320 5:3 1.6667 533 x 320
? 854 x 480 hdpi 1.5 240 569 x 320 427:240 1.7792 569 x 320
Galaxy SIII 1280 x 720 xhdpi 2 320 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
Galaxy Nexus 1280 x 720 xhdpi 2 320 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
HTC One X 4.7" 1280 x 720 xhdpi 2 320 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
Nexus 5 5" 1920 x 1080 xxhdpi 3 480 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 YES 592 x 360
Galaxy S4 5" 1920 x 1080 xxhdpi 3 480 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
HTC One 5" 1920 x 1080 xxhdpi 3 480 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
Galaxy Note III 5.7" 1920 x 1080 xxhdpi 3 480 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
HTC One Max 5.9" 1920 x 1080 xxhdpi 3 480 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
Galaxy Note II 5.6" 1280 x 720 xhdpi 2 320 640 x 360 16:9 1.7778 640 x 360
Nexus 4 4.4" 1200 x 768 xhdpi 2 320 600 x 384 25:16 1.5625 YES 552 x 384
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Device Inches ResolutionPX Density DPI ResolutionDP AspectRatios SysNavYorN ContentResolutionDP
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? 800 x 480 mdpi 1 160 800 x 480 5:3 1.6667 800 x 480
? 854 x 480 mdpi 1 160 854 x 480 427:240 1.7792 854 x 480
Galaxy Mega 6.3" 1280 x 720 hdpi 1.5 240 853 x 480 16:9 1.7778 853 x 480
Kindle Fire HD 7" 1280 x 800 hdpi 1.5 240 853 x 533 8:5 1.6000 853 x 533
Galaxy Mega 5.8" 960 x 540 tvdpi 1.33333 213.333 720 x 405 16:9 1.7778 720 x 405
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 6.4" 1920 x 1080 xhdpi 2 320 960 x 540 16:9 1.7778 960 x 540
Kindle Fire (1st & 2nd gen) 7" 1024 x 600 mdpi 1 160 1024 x 600 128:75 1.7067 1024 x 600
Tesco Hudl 7" 1400 x 900 hdpi 1.5 240 933 x 600 14:9 1.5556 933 x 600
Nexus 7 (1st gen/2012) 7" 1280 x 800 tvdpi 1.33333 213.333 960 x 600 8:5 1.6000 YES 912 x 600
Nexus 7 (2nd gen/2013) 7" 1824 x 1200 xhdpi 2 320 912 x 600 38:25 1.5200 YES 864 x 600
Kindle Fire HDX 7" 1920 x 1200 xhdpi 2 320 960 x 600 8:5 1.6000 960 x 600
? 800 x 480 ldpi 0.75 120 1067 x 640 5:3 1.6667 1067 x 640
? 854 x 480 ldpi 0.75 120 1139 x 640 427:240 1.7792 1139 x 640
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" 1920 x 1200 hdpi 1.5 240 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" 2560 x 1600 xhdpi 2 320 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
Galaxy Tab 2 10" 1280 x 800 mdpi 1 160 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
Galaxy Tab 3 10" 1280 x 800 mdpi 1 160 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
ASUS Transformer 10" 1280 x 800 mdpi 1 160 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
ASUS Transformer 2 10" 1920 x 1200 hdpi 1.5 240 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
Nexus 10 10" 2560 x 1600 xhdpi 2 320 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
Galaxy Note 10.1 10" 2560 x 1600 xhdpi 2 320 1280 x 800 8:5 1.6000 1280 x 800
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Device Inches ResolutionPX Density DPI ResolutionDP AspectRatios SysNavYorN ContentResolutionDP
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Solution 2 - Android
You can see the resolutions for those categories in the Table 2, in this section: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#testing
Solution 3 - Android
Also, their "device dashboard" stats at:
http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html#Screens
can be pretty helpful. They are current and derived from Android Market visits.
Solution 4 - Android
Another alternative to see popular android resolutions or aspect ratios is Unity statistics:
LATEST UNITY STATISTICS (on 2019.06 return http503) web arhive
Top on 2017-01:
Display Resolutions:
- 1280 x 720: 28.9%
- 1920 x 1080: 21.4%
- 800 x 480: 10.3%
- 854 x 480: 9.7%
- 960 x 540: 8.9%
- 1024 x 600: 7.8%
- 1280 x 800: 5.0%
- 2560 x 1440: 2.4%
- 480 x 320: 1.2%
- 1920 x 1200: 0.8%
- 1024 x 768: 0.8%
Display Aspect Ratios:
- 16:9: 72.4%
- 5:3: 18.2%
- 16:10: 6.2%
- 4:3: 1.7%
- 3:2: 1.2%
- 5:4: 0.1%
Solution 5 - Android
Here is a list of almost all resolutions of tablets, with the most common ones in bold :
2560X1600
1366X768
1920X1200
1280X800
1280X768
1024X800
1024X768
1024X600
960X640
960X540
854X480
800X600
800X480
800X400
Happy designing .. ! :)
Solution 6 - Android
A blog article from Localytics, [Android Not As Fragmented as Many Think][1], lists most popular Android sizes and resolutions:
> Another concern for Android developers is screen size and resolution. Of all app usage analyzed for this study, 41% of all sessions came from Android devices with 4.3 inch screens, by far the most popular size. 4 inch screens accounted for 22% of sessions, 3.2 inch screens for 11%, and 3.7 inch screens contributed 9%. > > Resolutions were even less fragmented, however, with the most widely-seen screen resolution – 800 x 480 pixels – contributing 62% of the study’s sessions. The next most popular screen resolutions were 480 x 320 (14%), 960 x 540 (6%), 480 x 854 (5%) and 320 x 240 (5%).
Please note these statistics are from February 2012, which might be outdated today. Also, please always keep in mind that your app might be used under the inch sizes and resolutions not listed in this article.
EDIT: You should also be aware that there are Android "tablets" with large resolutions. The following quote is from the same article I mentioned: > Screen resolution and size are actually even less fragmented than handsets – 74% of Android tablet usage takes place on 7 inch devices with 1024 x 600 resolution. 22% are 10.1 inch devices with 1280 x 800 resolutions, so by taking into account two screen size/resolution combinations, developers should be able to easily reach nearly all of the Android tablet market.
[1]: http://www.localytics.com/blog/2012/android-not-as-fragmented-as-many-think/ "Android Not As Fragmented as Many Think"
Solution 7 - Android
There is now official Device Metrics on the Material Design site, those metrics are a hand picked devices list, not an actual statistics, but it too can be really helpful: https://material.io/devices/
Solution 8 - Android
The vast majority of current android 2.1+ phone screens are 480x800 (or in the case of motodroid oddities, 480x854)
However, this doesn't mean this should be your only concern. You need to make it looking good on tablets, and smaller or 4:3 ratio smaller screens.
RelativeLayout is your friend!