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Reputation: 1214

How to load right layout in emulator?

I have two folder res/layout and res/layout-sw600dp. When I try to run my app in Tablet Emulator 7 inch (1024x600) I see on screen layout from res/layout. How to see another layout for tablet from layout-sw600dp in Emulator?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1053

Answers (2)

nicholas.hauschild
nicholas.hauschild

Reputation: 42849

To be able to see both layouts, you will need to use different Android Virtual Devices (AVD's), or in other words, a different Emulator. The android documentation has a page dedicated to managing AVD's.

The android development team has provided a tool that you use to create AVD's called AVD Manager. I believe that you have used it, because to be on an emulator means that you have already created one!

You can find it in Eclipse in the following location:

Window -> AVD Manager

To actually see the different layouts between the different emulators, you will need to configure them differently, to accurately represent the device you want to target. You should be able to tweak the Hardware options to make your emulators behave differently. You can find a list of hardware options here.

Upvotes: 0

Kuffs
Kuffs

Reputation: 35661

Double click the layout you want to open or choose a different setting from the drop down menus and the relevant layout will be loaded. e.g Nexus One, Nexus S etc

Add a custom layout in this menu if the defaults do not suit your devices.

To see these layouts at runtime you need to run your app on a device\emulator that matches the layout settings.

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Upvotes: 1

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