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I'm looking for a list of all screen aspect ratios for popular Android based Phones and Tablets.

user384708
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In case anyone wanted more of a visual reference:

aspect_ratio_visual_reference

Decimal approximations reference table:

╔══════════════════════════╦════════════════════════╦════════════════════════╗
║       aspect ratio       ║     decimal approx.    ║     decimal approx.    ║
║ [long edge x short edge] ║ [short edge/long edge] ║ [long edge/short edge] ║
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║         19.5 x 9         ║        0.462...        ║        2.167...        ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣
║          19 x 9          ║        0.474...        ║         2.11...        ║
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║        ~18.7 x 9         ║        0.482...        ║        2.074...        ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣    
║         18.5 x 9         ║        0.486...        ║        2.056...        ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣
║          18 x 9          ║           0.5          ║            2           ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣
║          19 x 10         ║        0.526...        ║           1.9          ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣
║          16 x 9          ║         0.5625         ║        1.778...        ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣
║           5 x 3          ║           0.6          ║        1.667...        ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣
║          16 x 10         ║          0.625         ║           1.6          ║
╠══════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬════════════════════════╣
║           3 x 2          ║        0.667...        ║           1.5          ║
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║           4 x 3          ║          0.75          ║        1.333...        ║
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Changelog:

  • May 2018: Added 56x27 === ~18.7x9 (Huawei P20), 19x9 (Nokia X6 2018) and 19.5x9 (LG G7 ThinQ)
  • May 2017: Added 19x10 (Essential Phone)
  • March 2017: Added 18.5x9 (Samsung Galaxy S8) and 18x9 (LG G6)
Bartek Lipinski
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I researched the same thing several months ago looking at dozens of the most popular Android devices. I found that every Android device had one of the following aspect ratios (from most square to most rectangular):

  • 4:3
  • 3:2
  • 8:5
  • 5:3
  • 16:9

And if you consider portrait devices separate from landscape devices you'll also find the inverse of those ratios (3:4, 2:3, 5:8, 3:5, and 9:16)

More complete answer here: stackoverflow community spreadsheet of Android device resolutions and DPIs

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casimps1
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    I don't think there is a ratio of 5:4. Can you give an example? and there is the 15:9 ratio that includes many devices such as 1280x768 – Sami May 16 '13 at 18:50
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    Also note: 16:10 == 8:5 – soundsofpolaris Apr 21 '14 at 18:44
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    The figures listed cover iPhones and Windows Phone as well. – cleong Jun 06 '14 at 21:44
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    Now that the Blackberry Passport is out and runs Android apps, you might want to add 1:1 for its perfectly square 1440x1440 display. If you have smallScreens=false, I would guess that Passport would be ruled out, as anything with less than a 1.5 aspect ratio would require smallScreens=true. But if smallScreens=true then you may find yourself in that unusual ratio, for which many apps will not have tested. Amazon's app store is pre-installed on the Passport and Amazon will supposedly automatically make your app available on the Passport if its manifest does not rule it out. – Carl Sep 26 '14 at 11:49
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    Galaxy Tab 7.0 is 1024 x 600 or ~ 17:10 and iphone 6 plus is 1920 x 1080 or ~17.7:10 (obviously not android but interesting for those of us designing apps cross platform) – Shaun Neal Jul 13 '15 at 00:10
  • There is also 1.54 for Samsung note 10.1 - not sure how to represent it in x/y format – Nativ Dec 27 '15 at 14:39
  • @Nativ Note 10.1 has 1280x800 or 2560x1600 (2014 edition). In both cases it's 16:10. – Bartek Lipinski Feb 18 '16 at 20:20
  • Note that if you take pictures, the aspect ratio of the resulting picture may differ considerably. For instance, most 5:3 phones produce 4:3 pictures. – anneb Feb 18 '17 at 23:44
  • So you mean if I make a popup with aspect ratio of 3:4 then it will show exactly 100% same on all Android devices without any text or button being cut off? – Gemma Jul 02 '20 at 21:13
  • [Sony Xperia 1](https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1-9543.php) has a ratio of 21:9. – SpaceBison Aug 24 '22 at 08:28
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It is safe to assume that popular handsets are WVGA800 or bigger. Although, there are a good amount of HVGA screens, they are of secondary concern.

List of android screen sizes

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

Aspect ratio calculator

http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/aspect_ratio/

Thomas Dignan
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the best way to calculate the equation is simplified. That is, find the maximum divisor between two numbers and divide:

ex.

1920:1080 maximum common divisor 120 = 16:9
1024:768  maximum common divisor 256 = 4:3
1280:768  maximum common divisor 256 = 5:3

may happen also some approaches

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The Sony Tablet P is old, but it can switch between 32:15 and 32:30 for each app in landscape mode, and vice-versa in portrait mode, so that's a minimum range to aim for

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