Thanks Mark! I really thought it was a smart idea but now that you put it that way I guess it is smarter to create a dynamic layout for small, normal and large...
So at the end of the day this would be the specific layout structure: res/layout-small res/layout-normal res/layout-large Thanks, -Moto! On Aug 9, 4:08 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Moto <[email protected]> wrote: > > Currently I have only 2 layouts that need special attention. > > The key word there is "currently". > > > My > > questions... What is the best way to properly handle screens > > resolution/sizes/types? > > http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.htmlhttp://www.androidguys.com/2010/02/16/handling-multiple-screen-sizes-...http://www.androidguys.com/2010/02/18/handling-multiple-screen-sizes-...http://www.androidguys.com/2010/02/23/handling-multiple-screen-sizes-...http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/01/handling-multiple-screen-sizes-...http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/02/handling-multiple-screen-sizes-... > > > I thought I would create the following resource folders: > > res/layout > > res/layout-800x480 > > res/layout-854x480 > > The first directory is OK. > > > Does anyone know if this is the best way to handle specific layouts > > for specific screens? Doing it by resolution size? > > You really really really really really really do not want to "handle > specific layouts for specific screens". Redesign your UI to be more > fluid, and handle broad categories of screen sizes (e.g., small vs. > normal vs. large). > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 > Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
