Android :: How To Get Around Clipping Issues With My App In Smaller Phones

Nov 23, 2010

I have a basic linear layout, with image view that display photos, textviews that show text etc...and when I test my whole app on my android 2, there is never any part of the screen that doesn't show. But when I test it in the QVGA emulator, half the view is off the screen. Now, some of my text is defined to a certain size.

I never use px (only dip) in any of my xml. I use fill_parent, wrap_content where it is needed and never fix a height or length. Could it be with my text, I use say, textSize = 22dip? I couldn't find documentation on why that would not work in all sizes. Could it be that some apps need to be programmed to those screen sizes? Or am I missing something?

Android :: How to get around clipping issues with my app in smaller phones


Android : Way To Shrink Layout On Smaller Phones?

Nov 24, 2010

I use a few small images on my app and I was wondering if (and how) I could ensure that the size of the image is relative to the size of the phone? Also, is there a way to shrink my layout on smaller phones so each layout fits within the screen - like if a random string (longer than others) would downsize in font so the whole layout was ensured to fit on the screen?

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Android :: Detect Clipping In TextView

Oct 14, 2009

I have a TextView in my android application that has a set width on it. It's currently got a gravity of "center_horitonzal" and a set textSize (9sp). I pull values to put on this label from a sqlite database, and some of the values are too large to fit in the TextView at the current textSize.

Is there a way to detect that the text inside a TextView is going to be clipped? I'd like to detect this, and lower the font until it fits. There is a nice property in the iPhone UILabel that handles this called "adjustToFit" (which also has a minimum font size), and I'm basically trying to emulate that.

Here's an example of the TextView that I'm working with:

CODE:........................

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Android :: Auto-centering And Auto-clipping TextView Background

Apr 4, 2010

Is there a way to tell Android to do the following when setting the background image for a TextView?

1. Scale the image so that it's just large enough to fill the the entire viewing area without any black borders, while still maintaining its aspect ratio. This might require clipping once the image is actually displayed, but that's OK (read on).

2. Then, center the image in the viewing area, both horizontally and vertically.

3. Finally, clip the image to the size of the viewing area, without any further rescaling.

I'm guessing that this kind of image processing is not automatically done via any of Android's facilities, and that I'll have to do it myself. If this is a correct assumption, could someone point me to some documentation or some examples which could explain how I can accomplish this? I'm guessing that I'll have to subclass my TextView and implement my own onDraw() method, but could someone confirm or deny that assumption?

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Android :: Get Smaller CheckBox?

Jul 1, 2010

Is it possible to get a smaller CheckBox, like the one used in Settings application? I'd like to use it in my own custom Preference class, to mimic Android UI more closely..

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Android :: Porting Phones App - Upgrading Phones

Sep 5, 2010

Is there an app that lets you easily move your apps and info from an old phone to a new one?

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Android :: Create Smaller Tabs ?

Aug 21, 2010

I am trying to create smaller tabs in android -- but I can't seem to get it to work because all that happens when I create a smaller tab is that it shows the bigger tab -- but without a drawable.

This is my layout code for tabs now -- but the height isn't wrapping for some reason -- it just goes to Android's usual layout height.

CODE:.........................

It would be great if someone could help me create something like the Facebook application -- I think that looks really clean and I would love to implement something like it:

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Android :: How To Make A Smaller RatingBar

May 20, 2010

I've added a RatingBar in a layout :

CODE:...........

But the default style for the rating bar is too large.

I've trie to change it by adding the android style : style="?android:attr/ratingBarStyleSmall"

But the result is too small and it's impossible to set a rate with this property.

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Android :: How To Copy A Smaller Bitmap Into A Larger One

Mar 1, 2010

I'm trying to copy a series of small bitmaps into a larger one, arranging them side by side without any gaps or overlap in their pixels. For example, if I have 3 square bitmaps, I'd like to copy them into one long and thin rectangle. I know how to do the opposite, namely creating a small bitmap out of a larger one, but not this way around. What's the right command? I want to do this to be able to reuse some code I wrote for handling animation with a single bitmap.)

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Android :: Why Is My Launcher Icon Smaller When Placed On Desktop?

Mar 30, 2010

I have an application built for 1.5 and I am adding higher resolution drawables to support hdpi devices in 1.6 and above.My original application icon is 48x48. I created a second launcher icon that is 72x72 and placed it in a res/drawable-hdpi/ directory.When I install the application on my Nexus One the icon looks good when I view it in the application menu.But when I place it on the desktop it appears small relative to other icons, my guess is I'm seeing the 48x48 version with no scaling.Do I need to do something differently either with my directory structure or my manifest file to get things to display correctly?

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Android :: Way To Make EditText Smaller Than Default?

Mar 17, 2009

I need to show a large number of EditText controls on a screen, each of which will only allow entering 0-2 digits. The default EditText size is too wide for me to show enough EditText controls on a screen, but I have been unable to figure out how to make them narrower. I have tried the following attributes in XML: android:maxLength="2" android:layout_width="20dip" android:maxWidth="20px" android:ems="2" android:maxEms="2". So the question is: how can EditText be made smaller than default?

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Android :: How To Create Smaller Tabs For Application?

Jul 3, 2010

I want to create an application that uses small tabs, such as the one the Android's facebook official app uses. Does anyone know how these kind of tabs can be created? Do I need to extend the TabHost class in order to customize it, or is there a more general easier approach?

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Android :: Smaller Tabs Such As Facebook Official App

Feb 14, 2010

I want to create an application that uses small tabs, such as the one the Android's facebook official app uses. Does anyone know how these kind of tabs can be created? Do I need to extend the TabHost class in order to customize it, or is there a more general easier approach?

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Android :: Smaller APK Size With Large Assets?

Oct 5, 2010

I am creating a simple android app to view a comic book. The pages are large(0.5-1 mb each), high quality .png's and I am loading them into a webview to make use of the built in zoom controls. So far I only have 17 files and the APK size is already about 16 mb. I'm looking to add over 200 files in future updates. I can't really reduce the quality too much because there is small text that must be zoomed-in on to read. Any suggestions? A similar question was posted here: How to reduce App (.apk) Size, but I don't want to lose the quality of the images. I'm not sure if it's appropriate to link to here, but you can have a look at my app by searching for Tracer (by Detour Mobile) on the android market if it helps at all.

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Android :: Make DatePicker And TimePicker Smaller

Nov 15, 2010

Is there any way to make smaller DatePicker and TimePicker (but to be visible all parts ) in Android ? I tried to set layout_width="130dp" but then DatePicker isn't visible, just left upper corner.

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Android :: Way To Make EditText Smaller Than Default In Height?

Sep 1, 2009

How to make android EditText smaller than default in height?

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Android :: How To Resize Application To A Smaller One Placing It On Top Left

Sep 29, 2009

Is there any way for me to resize an app to make it smaller and placing it top left? I understand that there is a theme -> Dialog its possible to make the window size smaller but is it possible for me to dictate the x, y, dx, and dy where the dialog has to be placed?

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Android : Pictures I Import - Process Always Turn Out Smaller?

Jul 13, 2010

I've been playing around with the Vignette demo version for a couple of days and I'm having an issue that I hope is just related to this being the free version. I know that the free version of Vignette only saves pictures at the really small size. When I take a picture through the app and save a square version of it, it's saving at 540 by 540 pixels. When I open the app and import another picture I've taken with the phone and use exactly the same effects, I get a 275 by 275 pixel square. I'm thinking of buying the full version, will the pictures I import and process always turn out smaller than the ones I take with the camera?

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HTC Incredible :: Apps On Phones Transferrable To Newer Phones

Jun 24, 2010

I was just having one of those moments of thought about switching my phone from an Incredible to the Droid X, still tossing the idea around, but say I do....what happens to the apps that I bought on the Incredible...would they be useable on say a newer Android based phone?

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Android :: Supporting Smaller Screen Sizes - Supports-screens

Oct 30, 2009

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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Android : Weather Widget HTC Hero - Smaller Cities To Show Up

Oct 15, 2009

I just got a HTC Hero (my 1st android device) and am trying to set everything up. I'm having a little trouble with the weather widget. It found my location just fine and is giving the weather correctly. The problem that I run into is when I am searching for other cities to add.

For example: I used to have an iphone and I would just type in the zip code or city, state. It would find any city or zipcode that I enter. With the hero it doesn't find anything except for major cities. Is there any way to get smaller cities to show up. I trying to get some city in Maryland and PA but it won't find anything and there are no big cities near it.

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HTC EVO 4G :: Smaller (better Looking) Directional Arrows

May 12, 2010

If you haven't noticed already Endadget has posted some new hands-on videos. One thing I noticed from the demos was the more reasonably sized directional arrows on the keyboard. May not be a huge deal to most, but it sure looks a whole lot better.

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HTC Eris :: Why Apps Smaller On SD?

Oct 18, 2010

Had a low phone space warning so I've been moving a bunch of apps I don't keep open all the time over to my SD card. Why does the memory footprint of the app go way down when moved to the SD card? I had one go from 2.8ish MB to 800ish KB.

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HTC EVO 4G :: Get Smaller Icons Without Root?

Jul 17, 2010

Is there a way to get smaller icons without root? I have seen screen shots with smaller icons so you can fit more on each page. That is what I would like. Any way to do it?

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HTC Desire :: Smaller Bookmarks Widget

May 30, 2010

I like the HTC ones, but like something that takes up half the space (ie. half a page). I've tried scanning the market, but have been unable to find anything.

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HTC Desire :: Smaller Keys With More Space?

Nov 15, 2010

I've noticed that there is a lot of mis typing that Happens on this keyboard. Without the good correction Software I would be typing rubbish Was thinking that more space between smaller keys Might improve accuracy

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Samsung Moment :: Smaller Than IPhone ?

Jan 10, 2010

Why do some people say the Moment is a "brick"? I haven't done a side-by-side comparison, but according to specs I found online the Moment is smaller than the iPhone in width and height, and only 1.5mm thicker:

Moment: 113.2 x 56.4 x 13.8 mm

iPhone: 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm

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HTC Wildfire :: Making Things Look Smaller ?

Aug 26, 2010

I had a Desire but now have the Wildfire and things look bigger on the wildfire then on the desire like Apps icons and when im using the internet so would like to know if there is anyway of making things look smaller? I got the internet settings to the lowest that i can but it stills look big to me.

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HTC Hero :: Virtual Keyboard - Keys Became Smaller

Jan 7, 2010

I was smsing this morning on my HTC Hero using the normal virtual keyboard that came with the phone. But all of a sudden, the keyboard changed into something different.

The keys became smaller, the number keys are with the alphabet keys(on top), and there is an extra key to toggle to tamil(?) characters. And when I type, there is no more 'feedback' from the screen. The auto correct feature is gone too. how to get my old virtual keyboard back?

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Motorola Droid X :: Smaller Keyboard Font?

Oct 2, 2010

I'm looking for a way to make the font smaller in they keyboard entry field. I've searched around but have been unsuccessful in finding anyone who's done such a thing before. I have made the font smaller within conversations using handcent, but the keyboard entry field remains elusive. The app spareparts has and option to shrink the overall font, but that setting within that program does not function on the droid x.

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