I have created an app that works on 10.1 inch tablet. Later I get a 7 inch one and that need some change to adjust for font size ( font as big as in a big screen and also a smaller screen). Now I get a RedMi note phone that is 5.5 inch. The app looks badly and needs big change of the UI screen. What are the best way to adjust for such changes in screen size and resolution?
Also, how should I create an emulator that meet the real device resolution and screen size? How should I pick when there are no one nexus device that match it completely?
Thanks
Please consider the layout, layout-large, layout-xlarge for making all screen compatibility application.
For example,
layout - Mobile screen
layout-large - Tablet below 7 inch
large-xlarge - Tablet above 7 inch
refer this link for more details http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
For creating the new emulator device, Goto eclipse and
Window->Android virtual device manager->Device defination(tab)->Select device->Create device-> restart the eclipse
The you can see the created device.
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i've developed an android application for tablet and my question is:
How can i test my android application on tablet 7 inch widescreen and what is the real screen resolution for this tablet ?
Please Create 7 Inch tablet Emulator and install your application in emulator
that perfect way to testing our application when we don't have tablet device.
You need to specify different dimens.xml in different folder for each of your screen, for example text size or width and height. For more explanation you can look at this
I need to create a layout folder for Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 phone which display size is 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
I found the following tutorial for helping layout creation
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
Strange thing is there is not any sample for ~233 ppi pixel density
Please advise.
Nexus S is a 4.0 inches 480x800 device and it's a normal screen size device with a hdpi density. So I guess your device has the same setting, but if you would like to know exactly these two values, you can get them programmatically with a sample app as explained here:
How to detect the android screen size programmatically ( the 4 standard sizes)?
Detecting screen density programmatically, pre-Honeycomb
Anyway, since your device should have the most common size, you can start developing your application putting the layout in the "standard" layout folder: please do not provide a layout file for any possible screen size. The link you have posted is anyway a good starting point to read in order to understand how to manage layouts on Android for different devices.
Of course, if you need to, you could think about having a different layout for the landscape orientation (layout-land folder) or for large or greater devices, like Nexus 7 o Nexus 10, using folder layout-sw600dp. The smallest-width qualifier (sw) is available only on Android 3.2 and above.
This is my suggestion and if you have a more specific issue with a layout please come here and someone will help you.
what is the correct emulator for the HTC ONE X (4.0.3)...
I create the emulator by giving its resolution for htc one x but its create some UI problem.
My emulator's resolution is 720*1280, screen sixe is 4.7 inches exactly with comapare to HTC ONE X...in my emulator there is no problem with UI, But in the real device its create some problem in UI.
. I Used same android version (android 4.0.3) in both emulator and real devices...I create the FOLDER for this is LAYOUT-NORMAL-XHDPI in RES folder.
Is that any ONLINE EMULATOR available for HTC ONE X...????
try layout-sw360dp
if you want to different layout for both landscape mode and portrait
mode, you can use
layout-sw360dp-port
layout-sw360dp-land
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4.
Reported Specs:
1080 x 1920
4.99 inch diagonal
If I plug that into a new Device definition in AVD, the resulting device size is listed as "Normal" and the Density as "xxhdpi", screen ratio long.
However if I put in a diagonal of 5.00 inches the size changes to "Large".
What to tust?
More generally: Does the AVD device manager match exactly the logic used on Android devices in determining what layout bucket to pull from (unless manufacturer overrides)?
Edit: note regarding the above sentence: When you enter the diagonal and screen dimensions the AVD dropdowns will automatically configure themselves according to those values.
And please oh please don't direct me to the dreaded "Supporting Multiple Screens" page which does not give exact logic.
Will samsung GS 4 be a Large or Normal sized device for Android layout purposes?
You will know when everybody else knows, when the device ships. Samsung can choose whatever it wants for the screen size.
Does the AVD device manager match exactly the logic used on Android devices in determining what layout bucket to pull from (unless manufacturer overrides)?
No, the "AVD device manager" uses whatever screen size bucket you chose when you created the device definition. There is a drop-down listing the various choices.
I have a Nexus 7 tablet which should have a resolution of 1280px by 800px (WXGA). I develop on Eclipse and my layout is set to display at WXGA. Then, I can place my button and object and choose their size according to what I see on the Eclipse display. The problem is that what I see in Eclipse is very different from the display on the tablet. Everything is much bigger on the tablet and it causes me a lot of troubles.
I wonder if someone have an idea about this?
Edit
For some reason it seems like the 7inch WSVGA is the exact replication of my Nexus 7 screen. It is strange since it offers only 964×544 pixels while the Nexus 7 should give 1280x800
WXGA means nothing by itself. You should look at the density too. Nexus 7 is 213dpi (tvdpi) while a Galaxy Nexus is the same res but 240dpi (hdpi).
You should try to detect the screen size that the Android device has and then run code to re-position screen elements accordingly
In Unity scripting you would get the vars Screen.Width and Screen.Height , I'm not sure what the vars are called in normal android , but you would then set your screen elements to react to what ever size the screen it .