It is entirely possibly to have resources and code vary based on orientation, but the code you have here is fundamentally broken: landscape != tablet, portrait != phone.
This document talks about identifying tablets vs phones: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-tools-for-managing-screen-sizes.html 2011/9/18 Károly Holczhauser <[email protected]> > I have to load different layouts for activities depending on the > device type, not only menus :( > Okay, I see there are alternative resources, but how can I handle this > on the level of activites? > if(orientation== landscape){ > init tablet varables > }else{ > phone variables > } > > This is what I would like not to do, I looking for some more elegant > solution ! > > On Sep 16, 10:49 am, sparky <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please don't use multiple APKs for tablet support. Just implement some > > xlarge layouts. You'll be glad you did. For the menu buttons, just > > populate the Activity Bar with Options Menu items. Any buttons that > don't > > fit on screen can automatically go into the Options (or overflow) menu. > > > > See this article: > http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/optimizing-for-3.0.html -- > > although it says 3.0, it's mostly about adding support for tablets. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
