Use the smallest width qualifier -Android

Issue

Android documentation Use the Smallest-width Qualifier states:

res/layout-sw600dp/main_activity.xml   # For 7” tablets (600dp wide and bigger)

600dp: a 7” tablet (600x1024 mdpi).
720dp: a 10” tablet (720x1280 mdpi, 800x1280 mdpi, etc)

meaning that screen widths with 660dp and higher are tablets like. But a phone with lets say only 5.5 inches and 1440x2960 570dpi doesnt mean that it is a tablet.

So how can you distinguish that difference?

Thanks

Solution

But a phone with lets say only 5.5 inches and 1440x2960 570dpi doesnt mean that it is a tablet.

Correct.

So how can you distinguish that difference?

Use the smallest-width qualifier.

1440 pixels at 570 dpi = 2.53 inches = 404dp. 404dp is less than 600dp, and so your proposed device would not use -sw600dp resources.

Answered By - CommonsWare