support for multiple resolution android

Question

My app has 2 different resolution support, 480x800 and 320x240, i have created folder for them for instance layout-normal-hdpi and layout-normal-mdpi. But somehow emulotor is not picking up the ui for hdpi. I have created different layout aswell.

Answer 1

Android Support Multiple Screeen

for tablet

Resolution 1280x800/1280x720

values-sw720dp

drawable-sw720dp

layout-sw720dp

Resolution 1024x600

values-sw600dp

drawable-sw600dp

layout-sw600dp

Resolution 480x800(twinner resolution, mdpi in tablet & hdpi in mobile)

values-large-mdpi

drawable-large-mdpi

layout-large-mdpi(incase you want to make separate layout)

for moblie

Resolution 1080x1920

values-sw360dp-xxhdpi/values-sw360dp-notlong-xxhdpi (when 768x1280 is used)

drawable-xxhdpi/drawable-sw360dp-xxhdpi/drawable-sw360dp-notlong-xxhdpi(when 768x1280 is used)

layout-sw360dp

Resolution 720x1280 values-sw360dp-xhdpi

drawable-sw360dp-xhdpi

layout-sw360dp

Resolution 768x1280

values-sw360dp-notlong-xhdpi

drawable-sw360dp-notlong-xhdpi

layout-sw360dp

Resolution 540x960

values-sw360dp-hdpi

drawable-sw360dp-hdpi

layout-sw360dp

Resolution 480x800

values-hdpi

drawable-hdpi

layout-hdpi

Resolution 320x480

values-mdpi

drawable-mdpi

layout-mdpi

Resolution 240x320

values-ldpi

drawable-ldpi

layout-ldpi

tags to add in manifest if your app needs to support full hd device only

for 1080x1920

<screen
   android:screenDensity="480"
   android:screenSize="normal" /> 

Courtesy: (Maulik Joshi)

Answer 2

the way i am dealing with multiple screen is this way and its working fine.....if any one has improved wayso do guide me

Screen size 480x800

layout-normal-hdpi-480x800

drawable-normal-hdpi-480x800

Screen size Galaxy Nexus--- though its size is 1280x720 but in actual due to system bar its dimension(screen size) differs

layout-normal-xhdpi

drawable-normal-xhdpi

Screen size Note 5.3---

layout-normal-xhdpi-1280x800

drawable-normal-xhdpi-1280x800

Screen size S3---

layout-normal-xhdpi-1280x720

drawable-normal-xhdpi-1280x720

Screen size 7inch tab 2 supporting OS version 3 and above--- dont write dimension 1026x600 bsz in actual due to system bar its dimension(screen size) differs

layout-large-mdpi

drawable-large-mdpi

Screen size 7inch tab p1000 etc supoorting os verion less than 3---

layout-large-hdpi-1024x600

drawable-large-hdpi-1024x600

Screen size 1280x800 tab 10.1,10.2,note 10.1 etc--- you can add dimension if you want other wise it is fine

layout-xlarge-mdpi

drawable-xlarge-mdpi

Answer 3

Handling different resolutions can get tricky on Android. The one true resource for this is the official site:

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

It sounds to me like you might be confusing the size with the pixel intensity here. Try to create the folders: res/layout-sw480dp/main_activity.xml //for the large screen and res/layout-sw320dp/main_activity.xml //for the small one

Do you also have different drawable resource folders? Did you manage to get them to work?

Answer 4

From the documentation:

res/layout/my_layout.xml             // layout for normal screen size ("default")
res/layout-small/my_layout.xml       // layout for small screen size
res/layout-large/my_layout.xml       // layout for large screen size
res/layout-xlarge/my_layout.xml      // layout for extra large screen size
res/layout-xlarge-land/my_layout.xml // layout for extra large in landscape orientation

res/drawable-mdpi/my_icon.png        // bitmap for medium density
res/drawable-hdpi/my_icon.png        // bitmap for high density
res/drawable-xhdpi/my_icon.png       // bitmap for extra high density

layout-normal-mdpi does not exist. Use layout-mdpi instead.

For reference: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

The Api level must also support this: Android - layout-large folder is been ignored