PhoneGap + Android + media queries

4
votes

I have been struggling with this for a week now. I have read tons of posts/webs/tips&tricks, but I just can't figure this out.

I need to set CSS rules for different screen sizes and orientations. But the recognition it's not working.

I have tryed with: min-width, max-width, min-height, max-height, min-device-width, max-device-width, min-device-height, max-device-height, orientation: portrait, orientation: landscape, media="only screen and (max...", media="screen and (max...", media="(max.."), all kind of convinations, none of this works for all the resolutions and orientations.

This is and example:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/iscroll.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/iscroll_600.css"  type="text/css" media="only screen and (max-width: 600px) and (max-height: 1024px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>    
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/iscroll_600.css"  type="text/css" media="only screen and (max-width: 1024px) and (max-height: 600px) and (orientation: landscape)"/> 
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/iscroll_1280.css" type="text/css" media="only screen and (max-width: 800px) and (max-height: 1280px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/iscroll_1280.css" type="text/css" media="only screen and (max-width: 1280px) and (max-height: 800px) and (orientation: landscape)"/>

How can I address this problem? Thanks

dhcmega

2
androidandroid-layoutcordovamedia-queries

2 Answers

4
votes

It looks like it works this way

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style_default.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style320.css" media="(min-width: 241px) and (max-width: 320px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style480.css" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 480px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>  
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style540.css" media="(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 540px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style600.css" media="(min-width: 541px) and (max-width: 600px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>  
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style1280.css" media="(min-width: 601px) and (max-width: 800px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style1536.css" media="(min-width: 801px) and (max-width: 1152px) and (orientation: portrait)"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style320.css" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 480px) and (orientation: landscape)"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style480.css" media="(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 800px) and (orientation: landscape)"/>  
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style540.css" media="(min-width: 801px) and (max-width: 960px) and (orientation: landscape)"/>    
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style600.css" media="(min-width: 961px) and (max-width: 1024px) and (orientation: landscape)"/> 
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style1280.css" media="(min-width: 1025px) and (max-width: 1280px) and (orientation: landscape)"/>    
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style1536.css" media="(min-width: 1281px) and (max-width: 1536px) and (orientation: landscape)"/>

It is like creating different sets of resolutions that does NOT overlap at all

2
votes

Have you tried it using javascript to see what is being returned by the media query, to check the results?

var mq = window.matchMedia( "only screen and (max-width: 600px) and (max-height: 1024px) and (orientation: portrait)" );  

if (mq.matches) {
    // window width is exactly 600x1024 and portrait
}
else {
    // window width is exactly 600x1024 and portrait
}

Link for reference.