Android: alternate layout xml for landscape mode

Question

How can I have one layout for landscape and one for portrait? I want to assume extra width and conserve vertical space when the user rotates the phone over sideways.

Answer 1

By default, the layouts in /res/layout are applied to both portrait and landscape.

If you have for example

/res/layout/main.xml

you can add a new folder /res/layout-land, copy main.xml into it and make the needed adjustments.

See also http://www.androidpeople.com/android-portrait-amp-landscape-differeent-layouts and http://www.devx.com/wireless/Article/40792/1954 for some more options.