An assortment of large screen devices in various configurations.
Large screens expand your app development opportunities. The large screens of tablets, foldables, and ChromeOS devices showcase content, facilitate multitasking, and enable user interfaces not possible on small screens.
Document editor with open document and panel containing editing tools.
Make apps more productive with plenty of work space for tools, text, and uncluttered interactivity.
Video editor app with a stylus dragging the timeline of the displayed video.
Enable big ideas on large screens. Put palettes, pickers, and panels within easy reach of finger or stylus for natural creative control.
Movie playing on screen with a list of similar titles alongside.
Expand the viewing or listening experience with related content such as similar titles, author biographies, playlists, or song lyrics.
For more large screen designs, visit the large screen gallery.
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Depiction of the three tiers of the large screen app quality guidelines.
To get started with large screen development, follow the Large screen app quality guidelines. The guidelines are a comprehensive set of requirements designed to help make your app the best it can be on large screens.
Quality guidelines
The quality guidelines are organized into three tiers: Large screen ready, Large screen optimized, and Large screen differentiated. Add large screen capabilities to your app by progressively working through the tiers, starting with Large screen ready. If you have an existing app, use the quality guideline tests to determine the tier your app supports, then implement features tier by tier until your app is uniquely differentiated for large screens.
Depiction of Tier 3 of the large screen app quality guidelines.
Tier 3
Expand your app's possibilities on large screens. Support portrait and landscape device orientations and multi-window mode. Create layouts that fill the available app space.
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Depiction of Tier 2 of the large screen app quality guidelines.
Tier 2
Increase user engagement. Accommodate displays of all sizes with responsive/adaptive layouts. Support keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and stylus.
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Depiction of Tier 1 of the large screen app quality guidelines.
Tier 1
Make your app stand out from the app store crowd. Add differentiated features like tabletop posture on foldables for a user experience standard phones can't match.
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Depiction of the large screen canonical layouts.
The large screen canonical layouts—list‑detail, feed, and supporting pane—are versatile, popular UI designs. Implement the layouts in your app to provide an optimized large screen experience your users will love.
Canonical layouts
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Select a quality tier and get started with large screens—all screens—today!