How can I create a single Android application that can handle the different screen resolutions seen on Android devices?

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How can I create a single Android application that can handle the different screen resolutions seen on Android devices? I want my application to adapt to the different available resolutions.

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score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 05 '12 at 05:30

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Please read about how to support multiple screens.

xlarge screens are at least 960dp x 720dp
large screens are at least 640dp x 480dp
normal screens are at least 470dp x 320dp
small screens are at least 426dp x 320dp

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Michael Petrotta

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 05 '12 at 05:53

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Read on Supporting Multiple Screens here.

There it is described well how to create apps to support multiple screen sizes/resolution. I think this is an essential knowledge to have for android development.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 05 '12 at 05:40

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Create folders for each display resolution:

small screen: res->layout-ldpi design for 240*320 resolution screen
medium screen: res-->layout-mdpi design for 320*480 resolution screen
large screen: res-->layout-hdpi design for 480*800 resolution screen

When you run your project, it automatically takes layout design from the required layout/

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 05 '12 at 05:36

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You need to have different layout folders and drawable resources to support multiple screen sizes on Android. More on this.

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 05:33

Add below code into your Androidmanifest.xml file.

<supports-screens android:resizeable=["true"| "false"]
    android:smallScreens=["true" | "false"]
    android:normalScreens=["true" | "false"]
    android:largeScreens=["true" | "false"]
    android:xlargeScreens=["true" | "false"]
    android:anyDensity=["true" | "false"]
    android:requiresSmallestWidthDp="integer"
    android:compatibleWidthLimitDp="integer"
    android:largestWidthLimitDp="integer"/>

And see below link for more information.

Screen_Support

How can I create a single Android application that can handle the different screen resolutions seen on Android devices?

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