Which layout is suitable for all Android mobile?

Question

I am developing one application, right now i am on designing phase. i design one screen
on the 3.7WVGA(Nexus One) screen in eclipse using Linear Layout. but when i test it on 2.7
my some icon are go outside of the screen. my question is that which layout is suitable for all screen whether i design it in 3.7 inch or run it on 2.7.
Please give me a suggestion.
Thanks in Advance.

1st i design it in 3.7 and second in 2.7.

Answer 1

Don't ever, ever, ever design a screen for Android based on an actual screen size. You will always screw yourself up because there are a hundred different screens out there. What looks good on one phone will look like crap on another. That being said, here are some tips:

• Use RelativeLayout to lay your button contents out. Once you understand the model it's much easier than you suspect and it will make it easy to automatically scale things.

• Only use actual pixel sizes for things that "float". You never want to specify the width of something and try to fill the width of the screen.

• Include multiple resolutions of your images. Let the system pick the right resolution for you.

• A table/grid layout will make things easier for you on the overall design.

• Big panels of buttons are played out. There are other UI options at your disposal (menu buttons, swiping left and right through screens, etc.). When users see a field of buttons it looks like the app was slapped together.

Answer 2

For that kind of layout use GridView if you want it scrollable, or a simple RelativeLayout if you want all the elements to scale depending on the size of the screen (use toRightOf, toLeftOf, above, below and weight to achieve that)