You should use their recommended way. That way you just call a findViewById, and if it returns null, you know it's the phone layout.
Plus it gets to be a headache when you need to have a landscape layout and multiple different sizes and resolutions! On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 6:56:44 AM UTC+8, h4uw1n3 wrote: > > I'm really interested in android, i might be didn't have any skill in > java, but still i want to ask about this... > according to > http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2011/07/new-tools-for-managing-screen-sizes.html > > Android will pick the resource that is closest to the device’s screen > size or orientation...for example this layout, which only shows the folder > list > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2avCDWTrdBc/T9-sv0TTnXI/AAAAAAAABEw/Nup54Y16B7Y/s1600/unnamed.png> > > and the other one, which shows the folder list and the items on the > folder... > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ynOv3lsqGLM/T9-ssnDYVRI/AAAAAAAABEo/xqV9tcqPmY4/s1600/unnamed.jpg> > > this layout has more than 2 listactivity, which means the java coding also > different... > > so my question is, if we have to check in main activity, whether the > device is tablet or a phone, what's the point then using different > "res/layout" folder like "res/layout-small", "res/layout-large", > "res/layout-xlarge", we can just make the different file in the same folder > and using coding like this > > public class MyActivity extends Activity { > @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(); > > Configuration config = getResources().getConfiguration(); > if (config.smallestScreenWidthDp >= 600) { > setContentView(R.layout.main_activity_tablet); > */*hier coding for different layout for tablet*/* > } else { > setContentView(R.layout.main_activity); > */*here coding for phone's layout*/* } > } > > please correct me, if i misunderstanding about this... and also... sorry > about my english... > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
