I finished the layout for phone and it's working fine. Now I want to open this app on tablet too, but the layout isn't that nice. How can I make two layouts?
Thanks!
to create a tablet version of your layout in Android Studio go in Layout Design and click on the rotating device button.
A picture of what I'm talking about :
This will create a copy of your layout for higher resolution.
You can also create a Landscape version if you have vertical and horizontal orientation in your app.
Hope it helps!
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Currently I am developing a android mobile app using android studio (java). Since it should multiple screen size I make another layout file with respect to the screen size which i need(xxx-high density). But still it is not supporting. The buttons are moving out of the screen.
I have used Relative Layout as a parent layout for all of my activity.
please somebody help me to get out of this trouble.enter image description here
Just do as the folowing,
res -> layout -> New -> Layout Resource File
Dont forget to give the same file name, just specify the size.
I am making an Android App and have created the basic layout for devices.
But I also want to make the layout for Tablets. I know I can use the different size layouts.
But what should be the ratio of normal layout sizes to the tablet layout size. Any help will be appreciated.
The documentation you are looking for is here . The value you should be using is 600dp as described in the docs
res/layout-w600dp/main_activity.xml # For 7” tablets or any screen with 600dp
# available width (possibly landscape handsets)
So basically you can create a layout-w600dp folder inside of the res directory to be used as the layout for tablets.
When I run the app on a real device and I rotate the app to landscape mode most of the content is been cut off and I can't even scroll on the landscape mode. What XML or java code can I use to make the app rotate without loosing it content?
Please check the attached image to understand what I mean
In the folder "res":
create a new folder named "layout-land" where you copy the layout (the layout need to have the same name).
Modify the content of the layout as you desire to fit the landscape.
When you rotate your phone, the system will detect that it exist a layout land folder and a layout adapted for landscape.
Can you post your layout code? I will help you to organize the views.
My preview of the phone on Android Studio is broken. It only shows the screen and it has this weird white bar under the actual parent view. Can somebody tell me what's causing it? Here's an image:
In the newer versions of Android studio, you can show device frame just by pressing "F" from your keyboard.
That's all!
Go to setting icon (first from right with options ) => Select "Include device frame if available"
That happens when your root ViewGroup is ScrollView. This is probably so that we can see the entirely of the layout while designing. To toggle it, simply click on your root ScrollView and click on the left-most button in the options that appear below the phone selection dropdown in layout-editor. I've added the image for reference:
I am developing an app which takes picture in background.
but it uses a preview layout which is attached to an activity.
actually i need it as plugin which do not show preview. and camera app i have developed using class which extends an activity.
i wonder how can it be possible to make it without using an activity or preview layout.
please help on this matter.
You can hide the preview layout.
layoutname.setVisibility(View.GONE);