Question

I’m writing a program for android. I read that the layout-swNdp notation could be used only on SDK 13 level ..But I want the app to adapt to screens 540×960 also on older android versions..like 2.0 2.2
It’s possible to do this without using the layout-swNdp folder ?

Answer 1

If you want to do that programatically, you can get the height and width with the Display object:

Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
final int height = display.getHeight();
final int width = display.getWidth();

And get the current API level with:

int currentapiVersion = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;

And then you can use a specific layout for those devices by calling setContentView() under an if condition:

if ((currentapiVersion <= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO) && (height == 960) &&(width == 540)) {
    setContentView(R.layout.your_special_layout);
} else {
    setContentView(R.layout.your_main_layout);
}

Hope that helps!