Andriod - layout-large folder is been ignored

Question

Hi Folks,

I have different layout files for different screens size like

Folder Structure:

layout layout-large layout-small

For emulators like HVGA and QVGA there is no problem, the respective layout.xml file being refereed. But the layout-large folder is ignored when I run the emulator of WVGA(480x854) , here it is referring the "layout" folder of the application. Please point me to the right direction which is right way to handle this situation.

I tried using layout-large-hdpi layout-large-mdpi layout-large-ldpi layout-normal-hdpi layout-normal-mdpi layout-normal-ldpi

And in the AndroidManifest.xml I specified

      <supports-screens
      android:largeScreens="true"
      android:normalScreens="true"
      android:smallScreens="true"
      android:anyDensity="true" />

but no success

Best Regards, Vinayak

Answer 1

Have you checked if your API Level is already supporting this? I had this issue as well. In my case I used following line in the manifest, which set the TargetSDK to 4 (1.6), where the support of those different layouts started.

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3"  android:targetSdkVersion="4" />

Links:
Screen Support

Answer 2

I think the Problem is that people always create a large screen by AVD Manager and it sets the default density to 240 which is not supported by /res/layout-large If you want to want to test /res/layout-large/any_layout.xml then you should see the density of your virtual device it should be set to 160 not 240 or 120