# Why Layouts are not working as expected? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [January 9, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816 "2024-01-09T16:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/21 "2024-02-13T19:00:53Z")
@maurizio.polverini89 This issue was isolated to downloaded or published apps. Can you update your Thunkable Live app to v445-9 and let me know if the issue is still there? ---
**Author:** ![maurizio.polverini89](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maurizio.polverini89/32/145191_2.png) [@maurizio.polverini89](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maurizio.polverini89)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/22 "2024-02-13T19:12:22Z")
On a first look, it does look much better indeed, thank you very much. All the pages look fixed now, just one seems slightly still having issue: ![WhatsApp Image 2024-02-13 at 20.10.27 (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/9/491c4dd63f6930a7478c9b38ee5babb4e4d3f317.jpeg) But since all the old ones are working now, i’ll give a proper look tomorrow, i’m sure there is a solution ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/23 "2024-02-13T19:26:40Z")
Thanks for checking! ---
**Author:** ![martint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/martint/32/96689_2.png) [@martint](https://community.thunkable.com/u/martint)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/24 "2024-02-13T20:30:09Z")
The issue was definately in the live app and published/downloaded apps but is now fixed in all apart from a gap at the bottom only when in the live app as per Maurizios image. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![maurizio.polverini89](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maurizio.polverini89/32/145191_2.png) [@maurizio.polverini89](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maurizio.polverini89)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/25 "2024-02-14T11:18:21Z")
Hello @matt_conroy , i had another look and unfortunatly i still experience some issues, here the screenshots, but i don’t know if the problem is related Look ad the AdMob component/cointainer, it works good in Thunkable Live: ![WhatsApp Image 2024-02-14 at 12.15.05](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/7/0713137a66aae516a0f436a6d78e783d448c5e10.jpeg) Once downloaded and installed it disappears, it also happens in different screens: ![WhatsApp Image 2024-02-14 at 12.15.05 (1)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/d/d/ddeffc1b68ef64475cec5af0fe94a76019660d79.jpeg) Is this issue related? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/26 "2024-02-14T14:53:20Z")
@maurizio.polverini89 Could you DM me the link to that screen? It’s hard to tell from just the screenshot if this is an implementation issue or related to something else. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![martint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/martint/32/96689_2.png) [@martint](https://community.thunkable.com/u/martint)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/27 "2024-03-01T15:38:38Z")
This is still not solved. Works ok for standard phone sized devices but on tablets or larger screens it still fails to fit correctly. Just had my first complaint from a client that has updated to the new version of my app and the bottom bar buttons have dissapeared of the bottom of the screen. Even on standard sizes ive noticed that if a screen contains a lot of components it squashes items even when they are set to fixed amount of pixels. Still only talking about Android, ios works perfect. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/28 "2024-03-01T16:06:32Z")
Happy to look into this. Could you attach some screenshots from the build and also from the design editor so we can see how the project is laid out? ---
**Author:** ![martint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/martint/32/96689_2.png) [@martint](https://community.thunkable.com/u/martint)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/29 "2024-03-01T21:43:09Z")
![design1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/3/b31150d521d8dd3e11acc1490a195fc2f76795e4.jpeg) ![Blocks1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/8/48d7e556553f5fee51675ce59fcd081463dd90e9.jpeg) Phone ![PhoneScreen_blank](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/a/5a8cfb84640db1f913e6e6237496bbc14ce9f316.jpeg) Tablet ![TabletScreen](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/1/5103c76f7ba4f4a301df38338d13297f8b65de45.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![martint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/martint/32/96689_2.png) [@martint](https://community.thunkable.com/u/martint)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/30 "2024-03-01T21:57:03Z")
Also auto screen rotation is un-usable as it leaves the screen in vertical and just takes up half the width when rotating the device to horizontal. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/31 "2024-03-04T17:18:52Z")
Thank you! We will take a look here specific to tablets. Is the screen orientation issue only on Android? Or Android and iOS? ---
**Author:** ![martint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/martint/32/96689_2.png) [@martint](https://community.thunkable.com/u/martint)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/32 "2024-03-04T18:03:54Z")
Just tested, screen orientation issue is on both platforms. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/33 "2024-03-11T18:56:53Z")
@martint For the orientation issue: I can confirm the behavior on Android. In fact, it does not seem to rotate at all even though my testing device has auto rotate enabled. We’ll let you know about a timeline for a fix soon hopefully. I can also replicate this issue for the Layout on a tablet that is 1024x600. When you add padding around the top and bottom of the container, does that at least get the button in a more clickable position? ![Screenshot 2024-03-11 at 2.56.42 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/4/c4ba507685e4a19c35998a406bbec970fbe97b55.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/why-layouts-are-not-working-as-expected/2773816/34 "2024-06-09T18:57:12Z")
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