Different devices not recognized In Multiscreen HTML5 output

[TatuMbili]

I have set up my four screen profiles and layouts for iPad, iPhone, Android tablet and Android phone. Publishing gives me the correct sets of files but when I look at the Help on each device, only the default layout is displayed, iPad for iOS and phone for Android. I was under the impression that I didn't have to worry about this, the initial index.htm file would determine which layout to display. I've looked at previous discussions and applied the 10.0.1 update, which I did not have, to no avail. I've also read a few different discussions saying better to just use one layout which will display correctly across all devices. However, if we want the look to be different on each device, we need the different layouts, hence the question.

TIA,

Helen

[Peter Grainge]

I understand why you want Multiscreen but I would suggest reconsidering as all RoboHelp development is going into Responsive so gradually your work will fall behind in what it can offer.

For now though, take a look at this page on my site and also follow the link to the RoboHelp Tour where there is a lot more information. Hopefully something there will help.

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[TatuMbili]

Thanks, Peter, but as my Help has been changing rather frequently and I am a cautious user, I've been waiting for some downtime to work through updating my project. In the meantime, I have read all your references and have done what they've said, my layouts and profiles are all correct, my published output is also correct but the sniffer file does not sniff correctly, it simply uses the default profile so that when I look at the index.htm file in the root directory of my published project the files referenced there are all in the folder of the default profile device.

TIA

[Peter Grainge]

If you are satisfied that your setup is correct, then I am wondering if the issue is that browser changes are behind the sniffer not working. As a check, I would set up a simple dummy project and test that.

Beyond that, it could be worth contacting Adobe Support, it's free. I would offer to test but I don't have any Apple devices.

Testing a responsive layout is as simple as creating the new layout.

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[Peter Grainge]

Thinking a bit more, I could test your project on Windows and Android at least.

See the Contact page on my site and send the project as instructed there. Do make sure you include a link to this thread and please do not email the project direct.

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[TatuMbili]

Hello Peter,

As we had had so many changes and I am time limited, we had just decided to go ahead with the two layouts that were being recognized, Android phone and iPad. The two work properly for both phone and tablet depending on which OS is being used so that's what we're going with. Please see my latest post for the only problem we're having now with iOS only, serif fonts being used where they are not defined and in place of defined sans-serif font families.

Thanks for this!

Helen

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

I would try out the Responsive layout route before spending much time on the Multiscreen output - there's not much attention being paid to fixing much of anything in that format from what I understand. But it sounds like you're still running RH10, so you'd have to experiment with a copy of RH11+ (on a non-production machine with a copy of your project) to see how that will work.