How do I specify different layouts for portrait and landscape orientations

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I ve seen references to being able to specify two separate layout xml files for an activity  one for Portrait and one for Landscape   I ve not been to find any information on how to do that though   How do I specify for each activity which xml file is it s portrait layout and which is the Landscape layout     Is it also possible to specify different layouts for different screen sizes   If so  how is this done

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I think the easiest way in the latest Android versions is by going to Design mode of an XML (not Text).

Then from the menu, select option - Create Landscape Variation. This will create a landscape xml without any hassle in a few seconds. The latest Android Studio version allows you to create a landscape view right away.

I hope this works for you.

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Or use this    lt ScrollView xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android              android scrollbars  vertical               android layout height  wrap content               android layout width  fill parent  gt      lt LinearLayout android orientation  vertical                  android layout width  fill parent                  android layout height  fill parent  gt         lt  -- Add your UI elements inside the inner most linear layout -- gt      lt  LinearLayout gt   lt  ScrollView gt

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For Mouse lovers  I say right click on resources folder and Add new resource file  and from Available qualifiers select the orientation        But still you can do it manually by say  adding the sub-folder  layout-land  to    Your-Project-Directory app src main res    since then any layout xml file under this sub-folder will only work for landscape mode automatically   Use  layout-port  for portrait mode

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You just have to put it under separate folders with different names depending on orientation and resolution  the device will automatically select the right one for its screen settings  More info here   http   developer android com guide practices screens support html  under  Resource directory qualifiers for screen size and density

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Create a layout-land directory and put the landscape version of your layout XML file in that directory

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The last line below is an example for applying two quantifiers  landscape and smallest width 600dp  screen  Update 600dp with the ones you need   res layout main activity xml                  For handsets res layout-land main activity xml             For handsets in landscape res layout-sw600dp main activity xml          For 7    tablets res layout-sw600dp-land main activity xml     For 7    tablets in landscape   The above applies to dimens as well  res values dimens xml                  For handsets res values-land dimens xml             For handsets in landscape res values-sw600dp dimens xml          For 7    tablets res values-sw600dp-land dimens xml     For 7    tablets in landscape   A useful device metrics  https   material io tools devices

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Fastest way for Android Studio 3 x x and Android Studio 4 x x  1 Go to the design tab of the activity layout  2 At the top you should press on the orientation for preview button  there is a option to create a landscape layout  check image   a new folder will be created as your xml layout file for that particular orientation

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Right click res folder   New -  Android Resource File in Available qualifiers  select Orientation   add to Chosen qualifier in Screen orientation  select Landscape Press OK   Using Android Studio 3 4 1  it no longer creates layout-land folder  It will create a folder and put two layout files together

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Create a new directory layout-land  then create xml file with same name in  layout-land as it was layout directory and align there your content for Landscape mode   Note that id of content in both xml is same

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Just a reminder   Remove orientation from android configChanges attribute for the activity in your manifest xml file if you defined it   android configChanges  orientation screenLayout screenSize

[android] How do I specify different layouts for portrait and landscape orientations?

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