diff --git a/iris/src/android/view.rs b/iris/src/android/view.rs
index 6a8ca54..77a81da 100644
--- a/iris/src/android/view.rs
+++ b/iris/src/android/view.rs
@@ -573,7 +573,26 @@ impl<State: AndroidAppState> ViewPeer for IrisViewPeer<State> {
         // nothing but the clear colour: the widget tree laid out against
         // whatever size `UiRenderState::new` starts at instead of the
         // surface's real one.
-        self.render.resize((width as u32, height as u32));
+        //
+        // **Logical, not physical** -- `content_scale`'s field comment on
+        // `AndroidUiState`. This call sets `UiRenderState::output_size`,
+        // which is what every widget's absolute `PixelRegion` (a fixed
+        // `.height(56)`, in particular) is computed against; `AndroidRenderer`'s
+        // own `size()`/`resize()`/`new()` already report logical dimensions
+        // to the *shader*'s window uniform, so leaving this call on raw
+        // physical `width`/`height` split the two into different units --
+        // layout placed a "56"-unit-tall row in an ~2219-tall physical
+        // canvas (an absolute, correctly-56-unit box), the shader then
+        // divided that same 56 by a ~845-unit *logical* window dimension,
+        // and the row rendered far too short rather than too tall or
+        // right, because a fixed-size item's absolute unit value never
+        // adapts to the mismatch the way a `rest(n)`-proportional one
+        // does. Found by measuring a fresh install's top button row at
+        // ~40 physical px instead of the ~147px `56 * content_scale`
+        // predicts, immediately after the density fix below was added.
+        let content_scale = self.state.android_state().content_scale;
+        self.render
+            .resize((width as f32 / content_scale, height as f32 / content_scale));
         // Drop the old renderer (and the surface it owns) before building
         // one from the new window -- see `AndroidRenderer`'s doc comment.
         let ui_state = self.state.android_state_mut();
@@ -740,6 +759,7 @@ pub fn new_peer<'local, State: AndroidAppState>(
         .resources(&mut env)
         .display_metrics(&mut env)
         .density(&mut env);
+    log::info!("iris: new_peer content_scale={content_scale}");
     let vm = env.get_java_vm().unwrap();
     let global_view = env.new_global_ref(&view.0).unwrap();
     let redraw: Arc<dyn RequestRedraw> = Arc::new(AndroidRedrawHandle::new(vm, global_view));