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[Cos64 <cos64@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28.07.2015 15:20, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Le 27/07/2015 19:51, Cos64 a écrit :
>> My question is: how can I make sure my UI looks good on any device? If I
>> use 50 units, it won't fit on Aquaris E4.5. If I use 40, there will be
>> wasted space on tablets. Is it possible to make 3 layouts for the same
>> view (one for 40, one for 50 and one for 90)? Maybe something similar to
>> Android [6]?
> 
> You are not required to have several different layouts, in practice
> applications should be able to dynamic update when resized (especially
> if they want them to look nice on a desktop configuration).
> 
> What those guidelines state is that most Ubuntu phones are going to have
> a 40gu or 50gu layout so you should make sure your code looks nice at
> those value. In practice your UI might be a list with elements taking
> the width of the screen, it should work fine on both 40gu or 50gu, one
> is just giving you a bit more space for content
> 
> Cheers,
> Sebastien Bacher
> 

Thanks Sebastien,

It's more clear now.

I see that on the phone, the MainView is always the size of the screen,
regardless of what width and height you specify.
For example, on a 40gu screen, a Rectangle of width 60 inside the
MainView will overflow. But if you set its width relative to
parent.width, it will fit, no matter what was the specified MainView's
width.

I was trying the first approach - hence my question.

Cos