@@ -38,11 +38,21 @@ public class DisplayMetrics {
3838 public static final int DENSITY_MEDIUM = 160 ;
3939
4040 /**
41- * Standard quantized DPI for 720p TV screens. Applications should
42- * generally not worry about this density, instead targeting
43- * {@link #DENSITY_XHIGH} for 1080p TV screens. For situations where
44- * output is needed for a 720p screen, the UI elements can be scaled
45- * automatically by the platform.
41+ * This is a secondary density, added for some common screen configurations.
42+ * It is recommended that applications not generally target this as a first
43+ * class density -- that is, don't supply specific graphics for this
44+ * density, instead allow the platform to scale from other densities
45+ * (typically {@link #DENSITY_HIGH}) as
46+ * appropriate. In most cases (such as using bitmaps in
47+ * {@link android.graphics.drawable.Drawable}) the platform
48+ * can perform this scaling at load time, so the only cost is some slight
49+ * startup runtime overhead.
50+ *
51+ * <p>This density was original introduced to correspond with a
52+ * 720p TV screen: the density for 1080p televisions is
53+ * {@link #DENSITY_XHIGH}, and the value here provides the same UI
54+ * size for a TV running at 720p. It has also found use in 7" tablets,
55+ * when these devices have 1280x720 displays.
4656 */
4757 public static final int DENSITY_TV = 213 ;
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