Questions tagged [multi-window]
A feature on vanilla Android 7.0+ devices and older Samsung devices for displaying multiple apps in a split-screen view
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How to invoke an application in "Freeform Mode" via ADB?
Question If I enable adb shell settings put global enable_freeform_support 1, how can I launch an activity in Freeform Mode (presumably, with am), like I can from com.android.quickstep.RecentsActivity?...
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How to programmatically invoke two applications in split screen mode (ideally, via ADB)?
Context My OEM's AOSP distribution includes a version of com.android.launcher3 that doesn't cope with "Split screen" mode. Summarily, it crashes: FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.android....
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How to screenshot solely one, specific, application?
As revisions/251957/9 demonstrates, when I take a screenshot in (for example) com.google.android.permissioncontroller/com.android.permissioncontroller.role.ui.DefaultAppListActivity, the OS's ...
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Android 13: Swapping apps in split screen and adding new apps
Not a duplicate of Swapping windows in split-screen mode since it is Android 12 specific (I actually wrote out an answer for this without realizing the question is for Android 12 and instead of ...
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Swapping windows in split-screen mode
I am running Android 12 on a Realme 8 5G phone. I would like to ask, how do I swap the above window with the below in split-screen mode? For instance, I may have an app I am typing into above and ...
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Reduce the amount of space taken by media player in split view
I am using the Split View functionality of my Android tablet to read e-books while also listening to their audio-book versions. For this purpose, I need to have most of my screen given to the e-pub ...
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How do I switch the app on top while I'm in split screen mode?
For example, I wanted to open the game app on the bottom screen while I switch apps on the top screen. The problem is when I open the first app on top screen, it does not allow me to switch apps. It ...
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How do I disable the huge rounded corners on the bar splitting apps on Android 12?
If I split the screen to see two apps, the splitting bar has huge rounded corners covering the apps. Below is a screenshot showing that. There, the bar covers parts of the video and parts of the ...
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Launch app in splitscreen mode from command line
How to launch activity in splitscreen mode with the am command in Android terminal or Termux? Say I want to launch the "Material Files" explorer, I run: am start -n me.zhanghai.android.files/...
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How to disable split-screen when opening the app from Edge panels on Samsung Android 12?
I have a Samsung A53 running with Android 12 and OneUI 4.1. When I open an application from the Edge panels, it always opens in split-screen / multi-window, if the app has a split-screen layout (such ...
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How to let 2 split screen apps run at top performance?
I noticed that on my Xiaomi 11i with the Snapdragon 888 processor, it is supposed to be one of the current top Android phones, with 8 cores and that only the Apple A14 Bionic has slightly higher ...
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How to disable Split Screen view
Hello I have a Galaxy S6 and I was wondering if there was any way to disable the split screen/multi-window option which appears above an app when you press the recents button. Are there any ways I can ...
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Keeping Gboard open while multitasking
I'm using an Android 10 Samsung device that supports multitasking using pop-up windows. I'm trying to type on the main window with a YouTube window in the foreground. The keyboard keeps closing ...
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Permanently split screen (damaged touch screen)
Is there any way (via app, adb or anyhow) to force Android to actively use only part of the screen AND (this is crucial) to display something else (e.g. clock or some widget) on the remaining part? ...
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Vysor app isn't working for chrome on windows 7
I referred this site to install and run vysor app but it turns out that it needed a graphic card instead of using integrated graphic cards on my windows 7 there was solution on how come over this ...
