Android UI for multiple devices

Question

Is there a way to ensure that my Android UI will display as expected across different phones ?

Answer 1

This would be the first stop I would recommend:

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html

"This document explains the screens-support features provided by the platform and how you use them in your application. By following the practices described here, you can easily create an application that displays properly on all supported device screens and that you can deploy to any device as a single .apk."to any device as a single .apk."

Answer 2

Go through the developers guide on supporting multiple screens. It gives you all information on that topic.

Answer 3

There are two major considerations for multiple devices:

1. Make sure your app handles orientation changes well for phones with or without hardware keyboards
2. Display your UI elements relative to the screen size.

On the latter point, if you declare everything using literal pixel values, there is a chance a specific device's screen will be too big, or too small to render things right. However, if you size everything relative to the screen size, everything will always be in the right place.