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I can not display the same design on different phones(DialogFragment)

I am have some problem with displaying design on different devices.
I am do not solve this problem.
This is photo - enter link description here
This is xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="39dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="39dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:background="#ffffffff">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="225.75dp"
>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="ItemName"
android:id="#+id/itemName"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:paddingTop="14dp"
android:paddingLeft="14dp"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="ItemPrice"
android:id="#+id/itemPrice"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:paddingRight="14dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="161.75dp"
android:id="#+id/itemImage"
android:layout_weight="16"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Buy 1 and Get 2 for free "
android:id="#+id/textView9"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingBottom="25dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="101dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/placeholder_blue"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:paddingTop="26dp"
android:paddingBottom="26dp">
<Button
android:layout_width="49dp"
android:layout_height="49dp"
android:text="-"
android:id="#+id/itemMinus"
android:layout_marginLeft="48dp"
android:background="#fff"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="49dp"
android:text="1"
android:id="#+id/textView11"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:background="#fff"
android:textAlignment="gravity"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="49dp"
android:layout_height="49dp"
android:text="+"
android:id="#+id/itemPlus"
android:layout_marginRight="48dp"
android:background="#fff"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:paddingTop="38.5dp"
>
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="65.25dp"
android:layout_height="65.25dp"
android:id="#+id/itemCancel"
android:src="#drawable/cancel"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_marginRight="12dp"/>
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="65.25dp"
android:layout_height="65.25dp"
android:id="#+id/itemAdd"
android:src="#drawable/apply"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
On the photo left to right:
LG g3 - 5" 1280 x 720 294 dpi
samsung galaxy s5 - 5,1" 1080x1920 432 dpi
samsung galaxy note 4 - 5.7" 1440x2560 515 dpi
nexus 6 5.96" 1440x2560 493 dpi
the problem is that my DialogFragment displaying design on different devices. I need to make it always as the first phone (LG g3).
what am I doing wrong? I have 5 folders with pictures mdpi hdpi xhdpi xxhdpi xxxhdpi. I cut them a script in Photoshop. I checked the calculator. all the same. but still displayed crooked. I tried to use the values weight.
EDIT: All pictures displayed normal. But my DialogFragment displayed always at the center. I need to top-left corner DialogFragment was always under the button is on him and had no padding down

Why not try mixing in RelativeLayout? If you use the layout_weight it really depends on the screen size and density from my understanding and if you use RelativeLayout maybe you could align them the way you want properly. Like using its center_horizontal="true", above="#id/x", below="#id/y".

why is the layout different in different scrreen

I would like to ask, how can I fix the layout on different screens?
When I run the application, the layout as shown in the XML is different from the layout that my devices is shown.
nonetheless,
the layout on a galaxy Ace 2 and the layout on a samsung note , is also different.
May I know why is this so, and how can I fixed it?
I wanted my layout to look like this
However, my layout always look like this
I'm currently using table layout and linear layout.
I've tried other layout too, but none matches my needs.
Can someone help me?
green color represent textview
red color represent edittext
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="#drawable/background">
<TableLayout
android:id="#+id/tableLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:stretchColumns="1" >
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/datetxtview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Date:"
android:textColor="#99FFFF"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/date"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="false"
android:cursorVisible="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:hint="DD/MM/YYYY"
android:inputType="date"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textColorHint="#0099FF"
android:textSize="12sp" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fuelpricetxtview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Fuel Price ($):"
android:textColor="#99FFFF"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow4"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/fuelprice"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter the price"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textColorHint="#0099FF"
android:textSize="15sp" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow5"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fuelpumptxtview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Fuel Pump (litre):"
android:textColor="#99FFFF"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow6"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/fuelpump"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter the number of litres pump"
android:textColorHint="#0099FF"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="15sp" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow7"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/totalcosttxtview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Total Cost ($):"
android:textColor="#99FFFF"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow8"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tcost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="15sp" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow9"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/odometertxtview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Current Odometer (mileage):"
android:textColor="#99FFFF"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow10"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/odometer"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ems="10"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:hint="Enter your current odometer"
android:textColorHint="#0099FF"/>
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow12"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fctxtview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Fuel Consumption:"
android:textColor="#99FFFF"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:id="#+id/tableRow13"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fcon"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="15sp" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="90">
<Button
android:id="#+id/saveBTN"
style="#style/ButtonInside"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="100dp"
android:text="Save"
android:layout_weight="45"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/cancelBTN"
style="#style/ButtonInside"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="45"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="100dp"
android:text="Cancel" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

As a user, you've probably noticed that the screen and specs of your devices are different from one another (a lot) :
Galaxy note : 800 x 1280 (1.6 aspect ratio) - 5.3 inch, 285 ppi
galaxy Ace 2 : 480 x 800 (1.6666... aspect ratio) - 3.8 inch , 246 ppi
and that's not the only 2 different android devices out there. there are thousands...
you need to think how to handle them all using elegant solutions.
if you insist that both devices would make the components stretch in size, set the rows to have equal weights . i think you can still use TableLayout, since it extends from LinearLayout, but if you can't, you'll need to have more job.
However, if you do that, smaller devices would have tiny components and make them all squeeze into their small screen, while larger devices (even tablets) would have huge UI components.
I suggest you watch some Google IO lectures regarding UI design and how to handle different screens. there are also many links about it, such as:
http://developer.android.com/design/style/metrics-grids.html
http://developer.android.com/training/multiscreen/index.html
http://android-developers.blogspot.co.il/2011/07/new-tools-for-managing-screen-sizes.html
http://developer.android.com/design/style/devices-displays.html
http://developer.android.com/design/videos/index.html

Designing for Android isn't like designing for iOS devices - there are thousands of different screen configurations available, whereas with iOS, there are under ten.
You can consider it as being similar to designing a website, with responsiveness in mind; the designer does not know how the screen will look for the client, so they must consider size buckets, and craft a layout which can re-flow according to the device it's displayed on.
You can specify qualifiers on your resource directories which work like media queries for websites (e.g. layout-sw600dp which will only be used when the device it's being run on has a shortest width of 600 density independent pixels).
See Android Developer - designing for multiple screens.

Bad xml or android compatibility issue?

I'm developing my first app on android and I think my apply meets the requirements (using only dp or sp, etc...) needed to support multiple screens.
However, it seems I'm doing something wrong. Textviews gets overlapped at the bottom of the screen.
Now...did I wrote bad xml or do I need to add different layouts for each android version, to be sure to avoid this kind of problems?
First device spec (docomo ARROWS NX F-06E) 1080×1920 px, 16,777,216 colors
First device screenshot:
Second device spec (LG L-07C Optimus) 480 x 800 px, 256K colors
Second device screenshot:
Here is the xml code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/myLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/dark_green"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/sakai" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/random_field"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="false"
android:layout_alignParentRight="false"
android:layout_alignTop="#id/image"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/chronometer"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/image"
android:background="#drawable/bubble_bl"
android:text="#string/index"
android:textSize="20.5sp" />
<Chronometer android:id="#+id/chronometer"
android:format="#string/chronometer_initial_format"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginRight="0dip"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:paddingBottom="30dip"
android:paddingTop="30dip"
/>
<Button
android:layout_below="#id/image"
android:id="#+id/askquestion"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/ask"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"
/>
<Button
android:layout_below="#id/askquestion"
android:id="#+id/answer1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/ask"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"/>
<Button
android:layout_below="#id/answer1"
android:id="#+id/answer2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/ask"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/answer3"
android:layout_below="#id/answer2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/ask"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/answer4"
android:layout_below="#id/answer3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/ask"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/score_field"
android:layout_below="#id/answer4"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/score"
android:textSize="24.5sp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/performance_field"
android:layout_below="#id/score_field"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="24.5sp"
/>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:weightSum="4.0" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/difficult_textview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/difficulty"
android:textSize="24.5sp"
/>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/linearLayoutWithButtons"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="4.0" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/diff1"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"
android:text="#string/one" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/diff2"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"
android:text="#string/two" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/diff3"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"
android:text="#string/three" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/diff4"
style="#style/ButtonText"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/btn_blue_states"
android:text="#string/four" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

It's a simple matter of aspect ratios:
1080x1920 is 16:9
480x800 is 5:3
So the higher resolution screen is a longer (taller) rectangle. Your layout is designed well such that part of the layout will hang to the bottom and another part to the top, but you designed it with the taller screen in mind and so things are running together on the smaller screen. You have one of two options:
Redesign the layout to fit properly on the shorter screen, in which case on the taller screen it will just stretch to show more extra space between the top and bottom sections.
Use resource qualifiers to create two different layouts for screens based on their height. This level of effort only makes sense if you are trying to achieve a more pixel-perfect look regardless of the device's screen aspect.

How do I get the layout on my device to render like it does in the Eclipse graphical designer?

I realize that the Eclipse graphical layout editor often (usually?) doesn't render things the same way that the physical devices or emulator do. I can usually deal with that. However, I have a situation where I can't figure out why there is such a big difference, and more importantly, I can't figure out how to get what I want for a layout on the target devices.
I am attempting to use some custom ImageButton widgets with custom graphics files as buttons. I simply want the buttons to fill the parent layouts they are in. In the designer, they look the way I think they should. But when I run it on a device, the buttons are way to small. Here is what the design looks like, using a device that is set up to emulate the Droid X that I am testing with.
http://pozzy.com/consulting/LayoutDesignInEclipse.PNG
Here is a screen capture of the screen when running on my Droid X:
http://pozzy.com/consulting/ScoreEntryDroidXScreenCapture.png
I tried to trim the code down, but it still relies on a number of button image files. Here is the layout XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
Android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/scoreEntryPlayersAndMainEntry"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/scoreEntryPlayers"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="4dp"
android:paddingTop="4dp"
android:paddingLeft="4dp" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/scoreEntryMainEntry"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:maxWidth="100dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="4dp"
android:paddingLeft="4dp"
android:paddingRight="4dp"
android:paddingTop="4dp" >
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/scoreEntryPreviousHoleNumberNextRow"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/score_entry_background_top"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".1"
android:gravity="center|top" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/previousHoleButton"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:background="#null"
android:contentDescription="Previous Hole"
android:src="#drawable/score_entry_prev" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/holeNumber"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#null"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:text="##"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/nextHoleButton"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:background="#null"
android:contentDescription="Next Hole"
android:src="#drawable/score_entry_next" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/scoreEntryCurrentScore"
android:background="#drawable/score_entry_background_middle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight=".8" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/scoreEntryScoreOverlays"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<LinearLayout
android:visibility="invisible"
android:id="#+id/scoreEntryPlayerScoreLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/currentPlayer"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Player Name"
android:textColor="#aaaaaa"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="italic" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/currentScore"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="99"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:textColor="#ff0000"
android:textSize="100sp"
android:textStyle="bold|italic" />
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/scoreEntryScoreDownUpRow"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/score_entry_background_bottom"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight=".1"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/scoreDownButton"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#null"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/score_entry_minus" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/scoreUpButton"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#null"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/score_entry_plus" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Any help in figuring out how to get the buttons filling their respective areas would be greatly appreciated!

I've had exactly the same problem and I have had to workaround it by manipulating it everytime to fit both places which is sad. The eclipse graphics visualizer really sucks sometimes. I' ve
tried http://www.droiddraw.org/ since many people say that is pretty good - but somehow there seems to be a gap between what is seen on the visualizer and then on the actual device. I guess the rule of thumb is to follow this http://developer.android.com/training/multiscreen/screensizes.html to the letter and keep trying . I think Droid Draw works for me better than eclipse, I suppose following the dev link above and using say Droid Draw should ideally work for you.

Understanding Android Multiple Device Layouts

Ok, I have read all of the other posts regarding multiple device layouts and the android docs, yet I still managed to stuff it up!
I made the mistake of testing this application using my HTC Sensation HD. So when I decided to emulate it on the HTC Desire (medium screen res) imagine my shock that it wasn't even close to fitting.
I used DIP for EVERYTHING. So why on earth does half the screen fall off when using the emulator in the Desire medium resolution. I thought it would just scale down. if not, what am I supposed to do?
I have attached a Picture of the result. A dropbox download of a Working project (a dumbed down version) and the xml attached here. As you see, four controls have dropped off the page.
I need this App to work on large, medium and Small devices. (Sensation HD, Desire, Cha Cha). Any advise would be awesome.
PROJECT LINK
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/main_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="20dip"
android:paddingRight="20dip" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/clientLogo_TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="120dip"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
android:layout_marginTop="15dip"
android:src="#drawable/logotop"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonOne_Button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"
android:text="Button One" >
</Button>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/customshape"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="7dip" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/labelOne_TextView"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Label One"
android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/labelTwo_TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Label Two"
android:textSize="13dip" >
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonTwo_Button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="Button Two"
android:textSize="16dip" >
</Button>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/sliderLabel_TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:text="Slider"
android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/sliderStatus_TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=" - Status"
android:textSize="13dip" >
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
<SeekBar
android:id="#+id/sliderOne_SeekView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:max="10" >
</SeekBar>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/labelThree_TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Label Three"
android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="45dip"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerOne_Spinner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" >
</Spinner>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerTwo_Spinner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="45dip"
android:layout_weight="1" >
</Spinner>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="1.0" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="1.0" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/labelFour_TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:text="Label Four"
android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerThree_Spinner"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="45dip"
android:layout_weight=".4" >
</Spinner>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="1.0" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/labelFire_TextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight=".2"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:text="Label Five"
android:textStyle="bold" >
</TextView>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerFour_Spinner"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="45dip"
android:layout_weight=".4" >
</Spinner>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/ButtonsLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dip" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonThree_Button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="45dip"
android:layout_margin="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Button Three" >
</Button>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonFour_Button"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="45dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Button Four" >
</Button>
</LinearLayout>

Device-independent pixels (dip) are intended to make your pixel measurements uniform across different screen densities. Screen size and density are two different things. You still need to code your layouts to span physical screen sizes.
For example, nearly all 10-inch tablets right now have a medium-density screen, despite the fact they have an "extra-large" screen size. That's because even though the screen is physically large, it doesn't pack in the pixels as densely as on some high-end phones, such as the Galaxy Nexus.
In order for your layouts to adapt to different screen sizes, you need to account for this in the structure of your layout. This means several things:
Avoid hard-coded dimensions whenever possible. If you can, use match_parent to allow a UI widget to encompass available space.
Try not to stack so
many controls so they go off the screen of the smallest device you'll
be using, or put the controls into a ScrollView.
Center controls in
available screen space. You can group a set of controls with a
layout container such as LinearLayout, then center that within
another layout manager with android:layout_gravity. You can also
use android:gravity on some widgets (notably TextView and ImageView)
to center their content within the bounds of the view itself.
Android will allow you to create custom layouts for each combination of screen size and density, if you need to custom-tailor a layout for a particular class of device, such as a 7-inch tablet or a 3-inch phone. See the Android SDK docs.
To span a very wide range of screens, you can take advantage of the
Fragments API to stack related layouts on a tablet-sized screen, but
show them individually on a phone screen.
There's other techniques, but the key thing to note is that using dip doesn't automatically scale your layout to encompass all screen sizes. You have to address the matrix of screen size and density.