Android : Get Resolution - Programmatically Set Layout Folder / Supporting Multiple Screens
Aug 19, 2010
My application will have two layouts, one for large screens and one for normal. For testing I'm working with one phone (800x480 240dpi) and one tablet (1024x600 240dpi) but both are detected as large screen hdpi and long aspect ratio, so I'm not able to assign different layouts.
The only approach I think that can work is to create layout-large and layout-normal, get the resolution and programmatically set the layout folder. Is that possible?
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Nov 11, 2010
I am trying to develop an application for which I want multiple screen support. I have read the Android article on Best practices for Multiple Screen Support. As per the article we have to follow 3 important things
1. Mention support for different screen sizes(large, medium and small) and any density in AndroidManifest.xml.
2. Place images of 3 dpi's (120, 160, 240) in 3 folders res/ldpi, res/mdpi and res/hdpi.
3. In layout's the dimension should be mentioned in "dip" units. Then Android will take care of the scaling on its own.
I have implemented all these points in my project. The images are picked up correctly from the appropriate folders. But the arrangements of the controls in not same.
e.g. I ran the app on three emulators
1. Resolution 240*320 dpi 120.
2. Resolution 240*320 dpi 160.
3. Resolution 240*320 dpi 240.
(All the emulator have same resolution but different density.)
The problem is the position of the controls is not same on all the three emulator. As per my understanding if the android:layout_marginLeft and android:layout_marginTop are mentioned in "dip" then this problem should not occur. As the density of the emulator increases the controls get placed more towards the right. Is it absolutely necessary that I provide layouts for all combination's of screen dimension and density even if the layout is same for all the devices?
Images:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0By3GYC3k5AMDNzUwNjkwMWEtOGQzZC00MjQ0LWE2OTgtYjFhYzZmM2ExOGVl&hl=en&authkey=CLOEsZsI
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Jun 11, 2010
In the Supporting Multiple Screens document in the Android Dev Guide, some example screen configurations are given. One of them states that the small-ldpi designation is given to QVGA (240x320) screens with a physical size of 2.6"-3.0". According to this DPI calculator, a 2.8" QVGA display equates to 143 dpi. However, further down the page the document explicitly states that all screens over 140 dpi are considered "medium" density.
So which is it, ldpi or mdpi? Is this a mistake? Does anyone know what the HTC Tattoo or similar device actually reports? I don't have access to any devices like this.
Also, with the recent publishing of this document, I'm glad to see we finally have an explicit statement of the exact DPI ranges of the three density categories. But why haven't we been given the same for the small, medium, and large screen size categories? I'd like to know the exact ranges for all these.
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Jun 9, 2010
I have read the topic about supporting multiple screen size as well as different DPI. I am wondering which of the following way is better in supporting multiple screens:
1. Have different layout for different screen size (stretch the images)
2. Have different set of graphics for different screen (use the same layout)
3. Have different set of graphics and different set of layout for each of the screen
Which way is the easiest? And which way is the most optical way to design? Or is there another better way?
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I've read the article "Supporting Multiple Screen" on Android developers site. But that doesn't apply to game logic.Let me get straight to the point. My situation is as follows:
- I'm creating a game using LunarLander code as a base.
- In my game, there'll be an object flying up from the bottom of the screen. The object will fly in projectile motion.
- I set the starting velocity, gravity and angle so that the highest point(of projectile motion) is almost at the top of the screen.
- The screen tested is Motorola Milestone. (480x854 resolution) Meaning the object travels around 854 pixels vertically.
I'm thinking of adjusting starting velocity based on screensizes. But that sounds unreliable when we've so many devices/resolutions out there. How do you combat these kind of problem when making games?
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I have developed an application which en-composes list views and posted that .apk file in my htc device, the design and alignment everything works fine,but the problem When i am testing in various devices such as Morotolo Droid,Nexus Devices the alignment of Listviews goes wrong, so i planned to use the Layout folder as layout-hdpi,layout-ldpi, and layout-mdpi, for that i changed my manifest file as
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true"
android:anyDensity="true" />
Is it right putting android:anyDensity="true",also i used dp instead of dip. I went through this url, but still am not able to get a clear idea in this
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html. so friends pls tell me(help me) to get clear idea in this and tell what mistakes i have doing. This is my main page xml code frnds.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@android:id/tabhost" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="@drawable/background_retinav2">
<LinearLayout android:layout_gravity="center" android:foregroundGravity="bottom" android:background="@color/white" android:id="@+id/rl_1" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView android:paddingTop="3dp" android:id="@+id/starthideimage" android:layout_width="30dp" android:layout_height="35dp" android:src="@drawable/newback" />
<HorizontalScrollView android:paddingTop="8dp" android:id="@+id/gv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#ffffff"
android:scrollbars="none" android:layout_weight="1" android:foregroundGravity="bottom">
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/san_tag" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<ImageView android:paddingTop="3dp" android:id="@+id/Endhideimage" android:layout_width="30dp" android:layout_height="35dp" android:src="@drawable/newforward" />
</LinearLayout>
android:id="@android:id/tabs"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:listSelector="@color/gray"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> </TabHost>
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I have had several emails from people with HTC Tattoo devices who say they cannot find my app in the Market.
After reading this page (http://d.android.com/guide/practices/ screens_support.html) I believe I have to add the <supports-screens> tag to my manifest file. However, when I try to do this I am confronted with "Error no resource identifier found for attriute support-screens in package 'android'" messages. What does one have to do to update their manifest to tell the market an app supports all screen sizes?
Furthermore, if I need to change the android:minSdkVersion from "3" to something higher or add the android:targetSdkVersion tag, will this prevent people with older versions of Android from using my application?
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http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
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I found this question asked over a year ago but no solution was found:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa.
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I then use:
CODE:............
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None of the units that the android framework provides seems to have this facility. If I use px, then the button size will stay same. dip doesn't matter because it is the same hardware. sp is meant for fonts, not for button width/heights.
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In my layout xml, I have
CODE:...........
And I have put bkg.png in res/drawable-hdpi
And I have started my emulator with WVGA-800 as avd. But my application crashes:
CODE:................
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