# Let's Fix Layouts on Android Once and For All - Help Needed!

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/lets-fix-layouts-on-android-once-and-for-all-help-needed/4108099>\
**Category:** Issues / Bugs\
**Tags:** design\
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lets-fix-layouts-on-android-once-and-for-all-help-needed/4108099 "2025-12-20T15:59:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![grant.mccallum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/grant.mccallum/32/210541_2.png) [@grant.mccallum](https://community.thunkable.com/u/grant.mccallum)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lets-fix-layouts-on-android-once-and-for-all-help-needed/4108099/1 "2025-12-20T15:59:39Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to get to the bottom of a long-standing Thunkable layout issue where screens either clip on some android devices or leave dead space on others, even when using responsive layouts.

I’ve built a very small test app that helps collect real device data so we can finally see what’s going on across different screen sizes, aspect ratios, and system UI setups.

**What you need to do:**

- Download the APK

- Open the app

- Adjust the layout until it fits your screen perfectly.

- Share the results

**The whole thing takes less than 30 seconds.**

When you’re done, you can:

- Email the results to me directly from the app

- Copy them to your clipboard and paste them here in the forum

All Android devices are useful, and **tablets would be especially helpful** if anyone has one to hand.

Once we’ve got enough test cases, I’ll post a full breakdown of the results and the conclusions so everyone can benefit from it. We should be able to create a working scaling formula which you can apply to your projects to ensure layouts display beautifully.

APK download link (Expires 27th December 2025): [Download Fixing Thunkables Layout-v7-release.apk | LimeWire](https://limewire.com/d/26Shf#KG3FBYlMOh)

Thanks in advance to anyone who takes part, this should help the whole community 👍

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**Author:** ![grant.mccallum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/grant.mccallum/32/210541_2.png) [@grant.mccallum](https://community.thunkable.com/u/grant.mccallum)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lets-fix-layouts-on-android-once-and-for-all-help-needed/4108099/2 "2025-12-23T19:30:12Z")

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Thanks to everyone who volunteered their screen metrics to this worthy cause"!

Solution posted here:

> [@\[Solved\] How to make Android layouts fit correctly on every device](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-how-to-make-android-layouts-fit-correctly-on-every-device/4108120):
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> The Solution After a lot of testing across different Android devices, I have landed on a solution that actually works. This is a small, lightweight set of blocks that automatically calibrates your layout height so it fits the screen perfectly on any device. It runs once per device, stores the correct layout height locally, and from that point on every screen in your project just uses that stored value. No guessing, no formulas, no device checks. You can see the blocks I am using for: the f…