UI design for Multiple Screen sizes

Question

I had developed an android app with RealtiveLayout but when I run on small screen devices the fields are overlapping.

How can I get the width and height of the device programatically so that it is easier for to adjust the screen size

Please share your code, Have you updated your code in layout-xdpi,hdpi,mdpi etc. — Rethinavel, Mar 07 '14 at 10:51
Did you design according to the guidelines http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html ? — super-qua, Mar 07 '14 at 10:53
Use wrap content as height and width of views and place them in a scrollView. — Jitender Dev, Mar 07 '14 at 10:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 07 '14 at 11:03

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Use Horizontall ScrollView for that then it looks perfect on small devices also.

answered Mar 07 '14 at 11:03

jyomin

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Horizontal Scroll view is to use "horizontal scroll". You should do this kind of operations with layouts. You should not use hsv as a layout itself. – alicanbatur Mar 07 '14 at 11:28
yes I also means the same Inside your layout use the horizontal scrollview – jyomin Mar 07 '14 at 11:31

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '14 at 08:08

  <compatible-screens>
    <!-- all small size screens -->
    <screen android:screenSize="small" android:screenDensity="ldpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="large" android:screenDensity="mdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="normal" android:screenDensity="hdpi" />
    <screen android:screenSize="xlarge" android:screenDensity="xhdpi" />


    <!-- support for Xperia Z, Galaxy S4 and HTC One -->
    <screen android:screenDensity="480" android:screenSize="normal" /> 
    <screen android:screenDensity="480" android:screenSize="large" /> 
    </compatible-screens>

Try this code in the manifest I think this will work.. Other wise Create separate folders in res folder like layout-small, layout-large, layout-normal, and use appropriate images in the drawable folder drawable-hdpi, drawable-ldpi, drawable-mdpi... I am sure this will help you for various screen orientation..

UI design for Multiple Screen sizes

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