--- title: "How will you design a text view, which works properly for both mobiles and tablets?" description: "How will you design a text view, which works properly for both mobiles and tablets?" author: "Shreyas singh" published: 2018-01-22 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33371/how-will-you-design-a-text-view-which-works-properly-for-both-mobiles-and-tablets category: "technology" tags: ["android"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # How will you design a text view, which works properly for both mobiles and tablets? How will you [design](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126148/the-way-to-merge-psd-style-and-design-in-to-reactive-html) a [text](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301635/did-people-reinvent-texting-to-express-the-full-range-of-emotions) [view](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84838/why-do-mexicans-have-a-lower-standard-of-living-in-the-united-states-of-america-2023-view), which works properly for both mobiles and tablets? ## Answers ### Answer by Prateek sharma to do this you simply need to create the **layout** file which contains the text view in the following **directories** - res/layout/my_layout.xml // layout for normal screen size ("default") res/layout-small/my_layout.xml // layout for small screen size res/layout-large/my_layout.xml // layout for large screen size res/layout-xlarge/my_layout.xml // layout for extra large screen size res/layout-xlarge-land/my_layout.xml // layout for extra large in landscape orientation res/drawable-mdpi/my_icon.png // bitmap for medium density res/drawable-hdpi/my_icon.png // bitmap for high density res/drawable-xhdpi/my_icon.png // bitmap for extra high density By doing this android will **automatically** display the correct layout on the basis of selection of screen. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33371/how-will-you-design-a-text-view-which-works-properly-for-both-mobiles-and-tablets Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.