How to prepare layout,drawable folders for 7",10" android tablets for both landscape and portrait?

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I have prepared my drawables for 7" tablets as (Nexus 7)

 drawable-large-hdpi-port
 layout-large-hdpi-port

I am getting errors while doing this. I didnt understand where I am doing wrong.

I want to prepare layouts for both landscape and portrait for both 7", 10" tablets

score 41 · Answer 1 · edited May 05 '15 at 09:42

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The recommended way is to use layout-swxxdp qualifier. If you need to differentiate landscape/portrait

res/layout-sw600dp/   # For 7” tablets (600dp wide and bigger)
res/layout-sw720dp/   # For 10” tablets (720dp wide and bigger)
res/layout-sw600dp-port/   # For 7” tablets in portrait (600dp wide or bigger)
res/layout-sw720dp-port/  # For 10” tablets in portrait (720dp wide or bigger)

edited May 05 '15 at 09:42

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answered Jul 15 '13 at 06:07

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Why do you need -port suffix? – Lester Jun 22 '16 at 16:31
will this only work for screen size >= 7" ? will it be used for a 4" screen that is 600dp wide? – M. Usman Khan Feb 17 '17 at 05:52
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@Lester this is for portrait only - see here https://developer.android.com/training/multiscreen/screensizes – schlenger Aug 11 '18 at 13:15

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '14 at 06:42

try below :-

values-sw720dp  10.1” tablet 1280x800 mdpi

values-sw600dp  7.0”     tablet 1024x600 mdpi

values-sw480dp      5.4” 480x854 mdpi 
values-sw480dp      5.1” 480x800 mdpi 

values-xhdpi          4.7”   1280x720 xhdpi 
values-xhdpi          4.65” 720x1280 xhdpi 

values-hdpi            4.0” 480x800 hdpi
values-hdpi            3.7” 480x854 hdpi

values-mdpi           3.2” 320x480 mdpi

values-ldpi             3.4” 240x432 ldpi
values-ldpi             3.3” 240x400 ldpi
values-ldpi             2.7” 240x320 ldpi

also see below :-

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Renjith · Answer 3 · 2013-07-15T05:59:51.100

You are naming the folders in the wrong way. In Android, there is a rule or order in which you name your resource folders. You should provide your qualifier names in that order.

Check this documentation table on providing resources. Your should name your folders in the order provided in the table.(Its better if you read the whole page, because it'll give you a better understanding in providing resources)

Here you should name the folders as

layout-large-port-hdpi
drawable-large-port-hdpi

For preparing the resource folders for tablets, you can use either the screen size attribute or shortest width attribute.

For e.g

If you use screen size attribute, you can name folders like

layout-large-... (for 7" devices)
layout-xlarge-... (for 10" devices)

I you use shortest width attribute, you can use

layout-sw600dp-... (for 7" devices)
layout-sw720dp-... (for 10" devices)

Remember shortest width attribute works only on devices from 3.2 (API 13).

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 31 '17 at 13:10

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Use this:

Wrong: drawable-hdpi-port/
Correct: drawable-port-hdpi/

You can see this link

edited Mar 31 '17 at 13:10

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answered Jul 30 '14 at 08:19

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