android-screen-support

How to restrict app to Android phones only

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Because of the high densities of new devices such as Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P and the Samsung Galaxy S6 we had to adapt the manifest as following: <compatible-screens> <screen android:screenSize=”small” android:screenDensity=”ldpi” /> <screen android:screenSize=”small” android:screenDensity=”mdpi” /> <screen android:screenSize=”small” android:screenDensity=”hdpi” /> <screen android:screenSize=”small” android:screenDensity=”xhdpi” /> <screen android:screenSize=”small” android:screenDensity=”420″ /> <screen android:screenSize=”small” android:screenDensity=”480″ /> <screen android:screenSize=”small” android:screenDensity=”560″ … Read more

Supporting multiple screen size – Android

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I just did something very similar. To stretch the app without creating new layouts I used dimensions set in XML res/values/dimensions.xml res/values-sw600dp/dimensions.xml -> 7+ inches res/values-sw720dp/dimensions.xml -> 10+ inches Dimensions are resources files: <dimen name=”default_padding”>11dp</dimen> You can increase the dimensions by about 30% in the 600 and 720 file. Then simply used @dimen/default_padding in your … Read more

Setting drawable folder to use for different resolutions

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How do I force the Nexus to use resources in drawable-xhdpi and then the 10 inch tab to use drawable-xxhdpi? You can’t. The qualifiers hdpi,xhdpi,xxhdpi describes the screen density of the device, not the size of screen. From the official doc Screen density The quantity of pixels within a physical area of the screen; usually … Read more

Scale factor for xxhdpi android?

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In android.util.DisplayMetrics, you can see that scaling factor is 0.00625: /** * Scaling factor to convert a density in DPI units to the density scale. * @hide */ public static final float DENSITY_DEFAULT_SCALE = 1.0f / DENSITY_DEFAULT; Where as DENSITY_DEFAULT is 160 –> scaling factor = 1.0f / 160 = 0.00625. sizeScale = DENSITY_DEFAULT_SCALE * … Read more

How to define dimens.xml for every different screen size in android?

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You have to create Different values folder for different screens . Like values-sw720dp 10.1” tablet 1280×800 mdpi values-sw600dp 7.0” tablet 1024×600 mdpi values-sw480dp 5.4” 480×854 mdpi values-sw480dp 5.1” 480×800 mdpi values-xxhdpi 5.5″ 1080×1920 xxhdpi values-xxxhdpi 5.5″ 1440×2560 xxxhdpi values-xhdpi 4.7” 1280×720 xhdpi values-xhdpi 4.65” 720×1280 xhdpi values-hdpi 4.0” 480×800 hdpi values-hdpi 3.7” 480×854 hdpi values-mdpi … Read more