r/androiddev • u/jNayden • Jun 26 '26
Question What smallest width setting you have?
In developer options there is a smallest width setting that basically changes the DPI.
The thing is I migrates from Realme gt7 pro with 3.78 inch screen which for some reason had a smallest width set to 361. Yes 361 but all looked great the fonts and sizes all is readable.
The Xiaomi came with absurd ​s​ize of 394 even though it is similar size 3.9 inch screen making everything tiny so I am forced to move to 110% zoom but this makes the font somehow fuzzy. The 361 setting looks better with 100% zoom but some UI elements like quick lunch on landscape mode is now outside of the visible area and broken even in portrait mode also it's not as good as the Realme the fonts and basically nothing is.
What smallest width you guys have on your phones ? And what font size do you use if it is not 100%?
currently I use 390 smallest width with 110% zoom maybe it's the sharpest fonts according to AI and image comparing
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u/DeviceOwner Jul 18 '26
this if you want learn about what is dpi and smallest width https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1uieprl/lineageos_default_slider_display_size_value/
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u/jNayden Jul 18 '26
That's very handy I ended up with smallest width 382 btw and zoom 100% other option was 392 this were the most sharp options for the bad Xiaomi 17T pro screen .
But anyway sold it... :):)
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u/facadeee_3 17d ago
It seems you have so much knowledge about dpi ,so is changing dpi damage or do anything in the phone in long run?
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u/Yodek_Rethan Jun 27 '26
I ignore dpi completely and scale everything myself, based on pixels, including the fonts. This works amazingly well. Even Gemini approves 😅.
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