How to maintain UI in station Pro.

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sreekant asked Nov 28, '20 Jacob Abrams answered Mar 18, '21

How to maintain UI in station Pro.

I am using below code to find flex device. I am able to manage the UI for clover mini and clover station but when i release production build it does not work. The UI for flex is showing in station Pro device. Please suggest how to know, its station pro.

 public static boolean isFlexDevice(Context context) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {//for flex/mini 2nd gen
            boolean mobileData = context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_TELEPHONY);
//            BPS_Logger.e("FLEX_DEVICE", "" + mobileData);
            return mobileData;
        }
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP_MR1) { //only for flex 1st gen
//            BPS_Logger.e("FLEX_DEVICE", "Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP ");
            return true;
        } else { //for all landscape
//            BPS_Logger.e("FLEX_DEVICE", "Platform.isCloverFlex() "+Platform.isCloverFlex());
            return Platform.isCloverFlex();
        }
    }

station pro

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Answer 1 · 2020-11-30T21:00:04Z

Jeffrey Blattman answered Nov 30, '20

In most cases it is incorrect to write device model aware code.

You say "manage the UI" to I assume you want to vary the user interface based on the device model. To what end? If the purpose is to have your UI adjust to the screen orientation and size of different Clover devices you should be using resource qualifiers, like this:

(default resources): Flex-size screens
*-sw600dp: Mini-size screens
*-sw768dp: Station (1)-sized screens
*-sw811dp: Station (2018, Pro)-sized screens

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Answer 2 · 2021-03-18T21:19:21Z

Jacob Abrams answered Mar 18, '21 Jacob Abrams edited Mar 19, '21

Please see the javadocs in this class for more details about how to write your app in a fashion that is not hardcoded for particular devices:

https://clover.github.io/clover-android-sdk/com/clover/sdk/util/Platform2.html

Remember Clover comes out with new devices every year, sometimes several devices, most of these devices are only marginally different from older devices and we want your apps to work out of the box whenever possible and not require code changes for each new Clover device, much like how Android app developers do not write code specifically for every single Android phone on the market.

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