Except in some cases (e.g. with that goofy Galaxy Note device). To quote the guide:
*Note:* These minimum screen sizes were not as well defined prior to Android 3.0, so you may encounter some devices that are mis-classified between normal and large. These are also based on the physical resolution of the screen, so may vary across devices—for example a 1024x720 tablet with a system bar actually has a bit less space available to the application due to it being used by the system bar. Hopefully they will get things worked out with the upgrade to ICS. Doug On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:43:17 AM UTC-7, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > > Don't do it based on resolution. Period. Do it in dp units. > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Dmitriy F <midnight....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm implementing an application which must support multiple screens and >> provide devices with different layout designs. My task claims that layout >> design separation must be based on device resolution: for those devices >> with < 1024x800 resolution use design "a" and for >= 1024x800 - design "b". >> I need to say that "a" and "b" differ not only in structure(listviews vs. >> gridviews) but also in resources they incorporate such as images. For >> instance, splash screens look completely different. >> >> I've been looking into multiple screens >> guide<http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html>and, >> indeed, it says that a developer shouldn't base separation of design >> on resolution, but what if I have to ? >> At first, I was hoping that size-based separation is the same as >> resolution but it seems that it's not: there're handsets with high >> resolution and tablets with low. >> >> At this point I can only figure out resolution and use a layout for >> either of those designs. In each of those layouts I'd like to make >> references to appropriate design elements(images) like this: >> >> /main_480x800.xml >> <ImageView >> android:layout_width="wrap_content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> android:src="@drawable/IMAGE_480x800" /> >> >> /main_HIGH_480x800.xml >> <ImageView >> android:layout_width="wrap_content" >> android:layout_height="wrap_content" >> android:src="@drawable/IMAGE_480x800" /> >> >> I hope there's a better way of implementing it - please, give me your >> suggestions. >> >> Best regards, >> Dmitriy F. <midnight....@gmail.com> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
