 <p>I think you have to see Density Considerations for Preventing from Scaling.</p> <p>The easiest way to avoid pre-scaling is to <code>put the resource in a resource directory</code> with the nodpi configuration qualifier. For example:</p> <pre><code>res/drawable-nodpi/icon.png </code></pre> <p>When the system uses the icon.png bitmap from this folder, it does not scale it based on the current device density.</p> <p>From <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#DensityConsiderations" rel="nofollow">http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#DensityConsiderations</a></p>