Question

When i change something in layout folder (medium devices) and go back to layout-xlarge folder, Some values changes.

In other word, when i change a file in layout folder, other one in layout-xlarge folder changed too, there is a infinite cycling loop and i cant set values for proper resolutions. How i can fix that? what is this?

For example this two changes:
in layout folder:

<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/atxt"
        android:layout_width="250dp"
        android:layout_height="57dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="70dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" android:gravity="left" android:textSize="35dp"/>

changed to:

<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="@+id/atxt"
        android:layout_width="410dp"
        android:layout_height="57dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" android:gravity="left" android:textSize="35dp"/>

Answer 1

Place all values ​​in the dimension.
For example res/values/dimen.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <dimen name="atxt_width">250dp</dimen>
</resources>

res/values-xlarge/dimen.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <dimen name="atxt_width">410dp</dimen>
</resources>

And set the layout.xml this atxt_width – variable:

< AutoCompleteTextView android:id=”@+id/atxt”
android:layout_width=”@dimen/atxt_width”
android:layout_height=”57dp”
android:layout_marginTop=”70dp”
android:layout_marginLeft=”10dp” android:gravity=”left” android:textSize=”35dp”/>