understanding Available screen width vs. smallest Width

Question

the documentation states the following:

minimum screen width - The fundamental size of a screen, as indicated by the shortest dimension of the available screen area Available screen width - Specifies a minimum available width in dp units at which the resources should be used—defined by the value.

Unless I am missing something, they seem to be the exact same thing.. can someone explain the difference ?

Answer 1

In short, the main difference is that the smallestWidth does not consider a device orientation. No matter what orientation, if the device has width at least, let's say, 600dp then, for instance, some resources can be applied.

On the other hand availableWidth considers the current available width.

Hope that clears your confusion. If not, I would advise to test is directly on a device.