On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 7:50 AM, kodlan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Please re-read those instructions. Nowhere does it say that -xlarge is >> "not recommended" for 3.2 and higher. You have *alternatives* for 3.2 >> and higher, if you wish to use them. > > Hmm, http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#range > "A set of four generalized sizes: small, normal, large, and xlarge > Note: Beginning with Android 3.2 (API level 13), these size groups > are deprecated in favor of a new technique for managing screen sizes > based on the available screen width. > If you're developing for Android 3.2 and greater, see Declaring > Tablet Layouts for Android 3.2 for more information."
As I said, nowhere does it say that -xlarge is "not recommended" for 3.2 and higher. "Deprecated" means "we think we have a better solution that you should investigate, even though you may not be able to use it yet due to backwards compatibility". You have no choice but to use -large, -xlarge instead of, or in addition to, the screen-width resource set qualifiers, if you wish to support devices earlier than 3.2. Bear in mind that there are millions of tablets running pre-3.2, probably more than are running 3.2+ at this juncture, courtesy of the Kindle Fire and NOOK series. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
