Android Question test different devices: how to

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(newbie from VB.net) How do you cope with the problem of different devices: I read lots of advices now, the super books which exists. But I have only one phone and my wife has only one tablet.
So even if I understood the handling of layout completely (am far away from this ;-)), I could not *proof* in reality. (Have an amd-processor, so no avd possible).
So how do you test your layouts?
Thanks TH

 

[An Schi]

In the Designer you could go to Tools -> Send to UI Cloud and view your Layout on some devices in the browser.

The "Share your creation" Forum has a subforum Test my app! where you could upload your work and others will check.

 

[JohnC]

You can also learn about scaling your activities/views for different screens sizes:

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[Erel]

You can also use the abstract designer to do some tests and see how the anchors and designer script will affect the layout.