Android studio selecting wrong layouts

Question

I am new to Android. I am building my first application.

I have been trying to make it support multiple screens. I have gone through the developers section in androi

Answer 1

When you inflate your layout or setting your content view you can try making method on your application if you have base activities or base fragments

//At base activity/fragment
protected boolean isLargeLayout() {
  return getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.large_layout);
}
//Then at your real activity/fragment just call
if(isLargeLayout()) {
  //Set your layout knowing it's large
}else{
  //Normal layout
}

Or use straight something like

if(getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.large_layout)) {
}

Or use dimens.xml with different dps (I do not prefer this method. I like android to choose which is large screen or not)

Answer 2

You have to write layout once but have to define dimensions dimens.xml for different different resolutions in app>res>values.