Android - layout-large folder is been ignored

Question

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

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

Answer 3

Make sure the set up emulator's default size is "large" and not "xlarge".

For example if the emulator size is "xlarge", then the "layout-large" folder will be ignored and the default "layout" folder will be used, because it can't find a "layout-xlarge" folder.

This is easy to identify if your using Android Studio.