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Asked: 2026-06-13T09:55:07+00:00

I’ve been doing a little app for Android today which is an interface to

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I’ve been doing a little app for Android today which is an interface to the Google Advanced Search. It basically has no images, and all widget sizes are either wrap_content or fill_parent. I have used no hard coded pixel dimensions. It basically consists of a ScrollView, including a LinearLayout, which includes a list of TextViews and Spinners (and a search button at the very bottom).

I don’t know if this is a common thing/question, I couldn’t find anything searching today. I have no other Android device than a Galaxy tab 8.9 inch tab. Next is the only thing I have related to the styling in my manifest xml file:

     <activity android:name="MainActivity"
          android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">

I want to have my app look the same on any device. It has no fixed dimensions, isn’t it meant to be that way anyway? How can I fix this?

The source code is on github, if anyone would want to see

here is a screenshot with an Android 2.2 device:

Android 2.2

This is too from 2.2, but at a bigger res. I’m downloading some other images to see if it is OK in 3.2 VMs, the current image I use is not able to show small phone views.

android 2.2 at bigger res

From a 4.1 phone

4.1 phone

From a 4.1 7inch tab.

from 4.1 7in tab

As I see, the problem is with my device only:

enter image description here

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  1. Editorial Team

    Change your application theme to @android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitle. This will keep the presentation the same between different OS versions.

    Also try setting your min and target SDK in your manifest:

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="8" />
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