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Christina Cherry
1,110 Pointsimage sizes in iOs
I understand that to cater for iPhone 4 - 5 we need to include two images for high retina - i.e. image.png and image2x.png but is that for every image we have in an app now or only the app icons and launch images?
4 Answers
Every image
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project ReviewerEvery image will need a "@2x" counterpart, but this is only to make sure that your regular image doesn't get affected by upscaling (distortion). This get's interesting when you have to take the "tallness" into account for the iPhone 5 when setting full background images. Something you can read more about here.
Christina Cherry
1,110 PointsThanks - more reading :o)
One thing that strikes me is that having two images is going to increase the size of the app which to me isn't ideal.
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project ReviewerYes, but this way you don't need two applications say "Crystal Ball" for iPhone and "Crystal Ball Retina" for iPhone's with retina display. This is similar to apps on Android. A lot of applications I have made for Android have required four sizes of the same image. This doesn't seam ideal at first, but it is ideal to have one app for multiple pieces of hardware.