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androidxmllayoutscreen-size
brainvision
brainvision

Reputation: 365

Different layout for different screen size

Hey guys..

I'm redesigning an applicaton and I choose to add support for different layout so to better use the given space. But it in the same time this is an app that will be used most on smartphones (based on what it can do), so I was thinking at something like that:

- layout-sw240dp
- layout-sw240dp-land
- layout-340dp
- layout-340dp-land
- layout-sw600dp
- layout-sw600dp-land

The 600dp is the last size I would like to design. But triyng to build the application on a Nexus 7 2012 (1280x800 so sw700dp) it keeps crashing as soon as it starts! If I create sw700dp folders copying there the sw600dp layouts it works like a charm!

So the question is: should I provide evry single layout if I choose to create more than one (the usual one in layout folder)? If I put a standard layout into the mean layout folder, in which case will be it used?

thanks a lot..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 141

Answers (1)

ig343
ig343

Reputation: 277

You don't need to provide layouts for every single screen size. When the user opens your app, if you have specified a layout for her screen size android will show that layout. In any other case it will use the default layout.

This will help you: http://developer.android.com/training/multiscreen/screensizes.html

Upvotes: 1

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