Android set a specific layout for a specific device

Question

I'm currently developing an app that as usual has to run on multiple devices but there is one more special than the others. An Acer DA241HL which is a 24" "Tablet" with a 1920x1080px resolution that should be wall mounted somewhere.

Is there a good way to identify this screen. Right now it reacts to the values-sw600dp folder. But what ever changes I make for this enormous tablet shouldn't affect normal tablet which would happen if I change stuff in that folder.

The following code:

    DisplayMetrics metrics = getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
    float density  = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density;
    float dpHeight = metrics.heightPixels / density;
    float dpWidth  = metrics.widthPixels / density;
    Log.e("screen", "******************************************************");
    Log.w("screen", "d " + density + " y" + dpHeight + " x" + dpWidth + " deviceType:" + getResources().getString(R.string.device_type));
    Log.e("screen", "******************************************************");

Print the following:

******************************************************
d 1.0 y1032.0 x1920.0 deviceType:5
******************************************************

But I dont see how I can make that useful. The other way I thought about is to get the model number of the device but that creates new problem if they decide to get a similar device but not the same.

Suggestions?

Check out this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19875158/android-background-image-size-in-pixel/19875228#19875228 — Haresh Chhelana, Jul 31 '14 at 10:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '14 at 10:53

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Is there a good way to identify this screen

Use something like -swNNNdp, for a suitably high value of NNN.

Right now it reacts to the values-sw600dp folder

Well, sure, but that screen is far larger than 600dp in its smallest width.

But what ever changes I make for this enormous tablet shouldn't affect normal tablet which would happen if I change stuff in that folder.

Then add a res/values-sw1000dp/ directory, for resources to use for screens with 1000dp in the smallest width, which will include your Acer but will not include more normal-sized tablets.

answered Jul 31 '14 at 10:53

CommonsWare

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thanks for your answer! But as long as I have strings.xml in that folder (values-sw1000db) I get a crash with no logcat output. dimens.xml works. Any suggestions? – just_user Jul 31 '14 at 11:07
@just_user: "I get a crash with no logcat output" -- I find that difficult to believe. If you are crashing, you should be getting a stack trace in LogCat. I'm also not quite clear why your strings would be changing in this case. Without a stack trace or something more to go on, I don't really have any idea what may be going wrong. – CommonsWare Jul 31 '14 at 11:11
no idea why I dont get a stacktrace in the LogCat for that. Other crashes are all reported. But if I rename strings.xml in that folder to xstrings.xml it works. I keep one string there to identify the device type, phone, tablet and now huge-tablet to load content of menus dynamically. Thanks for your help! – just_user Jul 31 '14 at 11:18
@just_user: "But if I rename strings.xml in that folder to xstrings.xml it works" -- since the filename in `values` resource directories does not matter, this is very strange. – CommonsWare Jul 31 '14 at 11:21
Indeed. What makes it stranger is strings.xml in "values-sw600dp" has no troubles at all. – just_user Jul 31 '14 at 11:46

Android set a specific layout for a specific device

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