[sgt.assassin]

If i have created the application in 2.2 android plaform and a user who decides to download the application and has a phone which is on 4.0.3 platform the layout of the application on the 4.0.3 phone tends to mess up. how do i go about correcting this?

[EndLessMind]

I don't really understand.
Dose the device with Android 4.0.3 have a different screen resolution?

[H3R3T1C]

can you post your layout?

[htc(hot-taco-cheese)]

you can always make separate layouts for each api version.

For example, you can create a layout.xml specifically for devices running version 4.0.3. Just make a folder in /res named like this: layout-v15. Anything not included in the version specific folder defaults to the regular layout folder, so you don't need to recreate every xml file.

This can also be done with your drawable or values folder

[sgt.assassin]

What i mean is that when i download the application onto my HTC Phone (2.3.3) the buttons are correctly positioned in the middle however when the application is downloaded onto another device (4.0.3) the buttons tend to be out of place. for example one button will be at the bottom and the other will be at the top of the page. How do i go about correcting this issue?

[EndLessMind]

Please post your xml-layout code

[sgt.assassin]

The layout code is as below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
    <LinearLayout style="@style/TitleBar">
        <ImageButton style="@style/TitleBarOperation"
            android:src="@drawable/home_def"
            android:onclick="onHome"
            android:layout_marginTop = "5dip"
            android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
            android:layout_marginBottom = "5dip"
            android:paddingBottom = "5dip"
            android:background="@drawable/bg_state"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:paddingLeft="5dip"
            android:paddingRight="7dip"/>

<ImageView android:layout_width="1px"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="@drawable/separator"
android:layout_marginRight="7dip"
/>

        <TextView style="@style/TitleBarText"
         android:paddingLeft="8dip"/>
        
      </LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:orientation="vertical"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent">

   <ListView
      android:id="@+id/list_view_id"
      android:persistentDrawingCache="animation|scrolling"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      android:layoutAnimation="@anim/list_layout_controller" android:background="@drawable/imagess"/>
</LinearLayout>


</LinearLayout>

[htc(hot-taco-cheese)]

LinearLayouts are not the best for positioning. I personally prefer RelativeLayouts. You can align components better.

If you don't want to switch, there are better ways to center an item than positioning with padding and margins:
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
or
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true

dp units are not the same with every device resolution

This post has been edited by htc(hot-taco-cheese): 05 May 2012 - 01:35 PM

[sgt.assassin]

Thank you for helping me out ive solved it now. Thnx