How to define dimens.xml for every different screen size in android?

Question

When supporting different screen sizes (densities) in Android often the focus is on creating different layouts for every possible screen. I.E.

Answer 1

Use Scalable DP

Although making a different layout for different screen sizes is theoretically a good idea, it can get very difficult to accommodate for all screen dimensions, and pixel densities. Having over 20+ different dimens.xml files as suggested in the above answers, is not easy to manage at all.

How To Use:

To use sdp:

1. Include implementation 'com.intuit.sdp:sdp-android:1.0.5' in your build.gradle,

2. Replace any dp value such as 50dp with a @dimen/50_sdp like so:

How It Works:

sdp scales with the screen size because it is essentially a huge list of different dimens.xml for every possible dp value.

See It In Action:

Here it is on three devices with widely differing screen dimensions, and densities:

Note that the sdp size unit calculation includes some approximation due to some performance and usability constraints.