Handle different layout and different orientations

Question

I have an application I want to adapt to tablets and handheld devices

• When handheld device is in portrait or landscape I want to display ListView and when list item is selected I start another activity.
• When tablet device is in portrait - see above.
• When tablet device is in landscape I want to display ListView in one part of the screen and selected item content in another part of the screen. Basically something like this:

How should I achieve that? I was thinking different activities and layout resources for each orientation. But I have a feeling that there is a smarter and better way.

Of course I could stuff everything in one activity somehow but it doesn't feel right. Nor looks nice :)

Thank you

Answer 1

What you want to achieve can be done using Fragments. Here is an example depicting the use of Fragments.

To communicate between fragments see this link.