Question

So I made an app using in Eclipse using the Graphical Editor, AbsoluteLayout, fixed pixel values, etc… just bad practice in general. It defaulted to a 3.7in screen. Is there any way to design a separate layout for each screen size and have the program choose which to load based on said screen size?

Answer 1

I fixed this by running this code at startup

    Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay(); 
    int width = display.getWidth();
    int height = display.getHeight();

From there I do an if statement to check for resolution and load a specific layout made for that resolution. EX. WVGA screen is 800×480 so I check for that and load the layout.

if (width == 480 && height == 800)
    {
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
    }

This was for API < 13, now those functions are deprecated, see this Get screen dimensions in pixels