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HELP with App

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  • 15-04-2014 3:23pm
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    shanard
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I have developed an app which was specifically coded for a 7" tablet. However i wanted to do different layouts to it would work on my phone (Samsung S3) etc so following a tutorial online i setup new layout folders and copied the XML codes for each layout into these where i subsequently altered each of these layouts manually to get them right.

    Now it runs ok on my phone but on the emulator i was using for the 7" - it has shrunk everything - ARGGGGGHHHHHHH....

    Can anyone please help, thanks

    K.

    PS - If you need to see code and/or screenshots - just let me know - thanks


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    #2
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,739 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    What exact names did you call the folders in res/layout/ that you placed the 7" tablet XMLs and phone XMLs?
    You might as well just list your full directory structure of res/


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    #3
    shanard
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭shanard


    HI Folks,

    Following the tutorial online my layouts folder was for the 7inch tablet so i copied these xmls into layout-small and layout-normal and altered the xmls within these folders only.

    I have attached a snippet of the property tree together with screenshots of the 7 inch emulator and the 4 inch emulator - you will notice that on the 7 inch they are all out of place whereas as per the 4 inch is what i need the layout to look like.

    Can you help me with this please as i cannot seem to find out how to and no one on my course knows how to do this.

    Thanks


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    The_B_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 7,868 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    I think when the app loads on the device, it looks for the most suitable layout folder. If it cant find one, it will default to use the xml files in the "layout" folder. Make sure that the tablet isnt thinking that the mdpi one is a better fit that the default. Maybe create a folder specifically for 7 inch tablets and 4 inch phones. You'll also have to consider resolution.

    Also, double check to see if theres not something being set in your "values" folders that might be throwing it off.


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