Set font size on phone and tablet

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How to set the font size for a textview in a phone and a tablet. The posts I've referred suggested to creating dimen.xml and placing them in different folders namely values-mdpi,values-hdpi,values-ldpi . The tablet (1024x600) resolution picks from the values-mdpi folder and so does the the phone (320x480) also picks from the values-mdpi folder, this makes the font look really big and distorted on the phone, whereas it looks fine on the tablet.

Is there any way to specify a font size for the phone and tablet separately.

there are 2 ways: **1** Create diffrent layout for diffent screen size. **2** Or simply set the size in dp/sp — Narendra Pal, Jan 04 '13 at 12:23

rciovati · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-13T19:37:10.343

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For tablets I use:

values-sw600dp for 7″
values-sw720dp for 10″

This slution can be used not just for localizing dimensions but also other values (for instance, styles).

edited Nov 13 '13 at 19:37

answered Jan 04 '13 at 12:23

rciovati

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Very helpful for me too. – Alex Feb 02 '15 at 07:36
I am a bit confused, this appears to work but in the "dimen" folders should I actually use sp or dp for the font sizes? It is not quite clear to me how it all scales... – tccpg288 Feb 18 '16 at 18:39
What folder does an 8" tablet pull values from? – tccpg288 Feb 18 '16 at 18:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 12:24

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It looks you got misunderstood from references. You should takes values, values-large folders for variation in fonts of Phone and Tablet. And for better results keep using sp units rather than dp for Font Size

answered Jan 04 '13 at 12:24

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 12:22

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You could just use sp units instead. It is a lot simpler.

answered Jan 04 '13 at 12:22

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Thank you. But I forgot to mention that I've been using sp units. – jasdmystery Jan 07 '13 at 11:24
Not according to your original post. – Philip Sheard Jan 07 '13 at 15:22

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 22 '15 at 04:49

I tryed this will work text size set default size

create :android/res/values/styles.xml

<style name="Widget.TextView">    
 <item name="android:textAppearance">?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall</item>    
</style>
<style name="TextAppearance.Small">  
<item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>    
<item name="android:textStyle">normal</item>    
<item name="android:textColor">?textColorSecondary</item>    
</style>

where

<item name="textColorSecondary">@android:color/secondary_text_dark</item>

these colors are defined in /res/color/, check /res/color/secondary_text_dark.xml

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