Different strings for different screen sizes

Question

I have two devices: first is 320x480px 3.5" second is 540x960px 5.3"

I want the first one to display the shorter string so I add :

values-ldpi/strings.xml

values-normal-mdpi/strings.xml

But the second device is displaying modified string anyway, however it is clearly not normal size and a little closer to the hdpi range. Why is it happening?

Edit:

All the strings are located in values/strings.xml. For the "small"(first) device I need to override some strings to be a little shorter, but the second device should use default, so I put overridden strings into values-ldpi/strings.xml values-normal-mdpi/strings.xml but the second device picks up overriden strings. Why? here are devices parameters

download this app on both devices to check what the system reports about them https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.qbus.sizemeup — Budius, May 24 '16 at 12:10
can take a look at this post: it uses sp metric for text size for different screen devices http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9877946/text-size-and-different-android-screen-sizes — rafsanahmad007, May 24 '16 at 12:18
rafsanahmad007, I don't need to resize characters, I need different strings for these devices. — satorikomeiji, May 25 '16 at 13:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '16 at 12:29

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instead of using DPIs to discriminate device screens, rather use small, normal, large, etc. So your res folders will include:

res/values/strings.xml
res/values-small/strings.xml
res/values-normal/strings.xml
res/values-large/strings.xml
res/values-xlarge/strings.xml

Give this a try and let us know if it helps.

answered May 24 '16 at 12:29

ishmaelMakitla

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That doesn't help, both devices are in "normal" range – satorikomeiji May 25 '16 at 13:44

Different strings for different screen sizes

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