Set android screen resolution

I'm trying to alter the default screen resolution of the Android emulator (and by extension, the Android device) to work at 1700x1200. In other words, I need the screen to be able to display unique points over that range.

I have set the dimensions in my layout file, yet the device still defaults to 320x480. I've set different dpi densities,开发者_Go百科 but to no avail.

Any help would be great, even just a direction to explore.

EDIT: Thanks for the two responses. I guess my question wasn't clear - I understand that the top resolution for the device is fixed, but I need to scale the screen to display with finer granularity than just 640X850 (which I believe is the highest resolution). I understand you can set dpi density from 120-240, but I need to know how to set the scaling functionality to simulate a screen of 1700x1200. My guess is that it will have to be done by my code, but I would prefer for the platform to auto-scale it down for me. This may not be possible, but I just wanted to check.

Using Android SDK 2.0 or 2.1 you can create an AVD with a custom resolution. If you want you can also run the emulator with the -skin argument, for instance emulator -skin 1700x1200 and you'll get what you want.

May be i'm not completely understand that. You want physical device such as ADP1 phone for example, to have 1700x1200 ? If it that you want - i have some bad news - if you look at any device spec you'll see resolution listed. It's there because it characteristic of physical screen. It can't be changed.