How to create an alternate layout for Landscape Mode in Android Studio? [Solution]

Just follow the following steps:

  1. Click on the encircled icon in Android Studio as shown in the following image:
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  2. Select the option-‘Create Landscape Variation’  from the drop-down menu:
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  3. That’s it! Android Studio will now create a landscape variation of your layout file. You can now edit the landscape layout separately.
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  4. Click on the encircled button as shown below to toggle between portrait and landscape layouts:
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Not using ANDROID STUDIO??
If you are using any other IDE like Eclipse then alternatively you can create a folder ‘layout-land’ inside the ‘res’ folder of your app.

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And create a layout xml file with the same name and provide the landscape layout in that file.
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Notice how the xml layout files in the ‘layout’ and ‘layout-land’ folders have the same names.
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That’s it!!! I hope that helped.
If you have any questions or doubts drop them in the comments section below.

Watch the following video for a video version of the above tutorial.

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