How to support different screen size in android

Question

I\'m developing an app in android and I have to support all different screen sizes and density. So i\'ve created different folder for layout : layout-small layout-larg

Answer 1

It sounds lofty,when it comes to supporting multiple screen Sizes.The following gves better results .

res/layout/layout-w120dp
res/layout/layout-w160dp
res/layout/layout-w240dp
res/layout/layout-w160dp
res/layout/layout-w320dp
res/layout/layout-w480dp
res/layout/layout-w600dp
res/layout/layout-w720dp

Chek the Device Width and Height using Display Metrics

Place/figure out which layout suits for the resulted width of the Device .

let smallestScreenWidthDp="assume some value(Which will be derived from Display metrics)"

All should be checked before setContentView().Otherwise you put yourself in trouble

     Configuration config = getResources().getConfiguration();

     Configuration config = getResources().getConfiguration();

        if (config.smallestScreenWidthDp >= 600) {
            setContentView(R.layout.layout-w600dp);
        } else {
            setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
        }

In the top,i have created so many layouts to fit multiple screens,it is all depends on you ,you may or not.You can see the play store reviews from Which API ,The Downloads are High..form that you have to proceed.

I hope it helps you lot.Few were using some third party libraries,It may be reduce your work ,but that is not best practice. Get Used to Android Best Practices.

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