15. Managing Alternative and Localized Resources
The Android platform supports a very flexible resource system. By storing project resources, such as strings and graphics, in a certain, structured way, developers can have their applications load different resources under different conditions. For example, you may have noticed that the screens of the Have You Read That? application don’t always look right if you hold your Kindle Fire in landscape mode. In this chapter, we discuss how to use alternative resources to support different screen modes, like portrait versus landscape, as well as how to manage resources for internationalization purposes.
Using the Alternative Resource Hierarchy
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