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Provides display and interaction with multiple apps simultaneously, each in a separate region of the same screen.

Provides display and interaction with multiple apps simultaneously, each in a separate region of the same screen. On, iOS, this is called Split View, part of Multitasking. On Android, it's called split-screen mode, part of multi-window support.

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Sharing UDP Data across apps (background/foreground or Split screen multitasking) in iOS

I'm writing a research application that takes advantage of a specific sensor that broadcasts data over UDP. There are various commercial apps that use this sensor and we are hoping to be able to run both our application and an existing application…
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How to implement Split Screen Multitasking on iPad using Third party apps?

I tried to implement the Multitasking feature Apple provided using AIR application, but I seem to miss something. I did the following as apple recommended: Compiled the app with iOS9 SDK. All orientation implemented. Storyboard added. Still I do…
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Preferred status bar style on iPad multitasking - split screen

I have two view controllers - the first has a UIStatusBarStyleDefault, the second has a UIStatusBarStyleLightContent. VC1 is presenting VC2 as a modal form sheet. So when presenting in regular trait collection, VC2 is presented as…
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how do I split ultrawide monitor into virtual monitors on a mac?

is there an app that splits Mac screen as if it was 2 or 3 monitor screens? In other words how do I make 2 or 3 virtual monitors out of 1? I know the Tile Window to the Left/Right functionality but all it does is snaps two applications of your…
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How to set Notification if view size changed when using multitasking | Swift

When testing my app on an iPad using multitasking and I change the app size on the app, the collection view cells need to be resized or else they don't fit in the view window. I have took some measures such as detecting device to change the size…
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Respond to split-screen changes in Xamarin.Forms

In my Xamarin.Forms app, I have a MasterDetailPage with MasterBehavior set to Split when the device Idiom is Tablet. That is, I always want master page to be displayed. The exception is during multitasking. For example, on iOS, if the user enters…
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Programmatically open app in split screen

How do I open another app in a split screen in the android N (SDK 24)? In the documentation I found this: Launch New Activities in Multi-Window Mode When you launch a new activity, you can hint to the system that the new activity should be…
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Check if an iPad is capable of multitasking feature in iOS 9 - Programatically

For iPad Air 2 or an iPad mini 4, we can use all three of the different multi-tasking features (Split View, Slide over & Picture in Picture). For iPad Air, iPad mini 2, or iPad mini 3, we can use Slide Over and Picture in Picture. Is there a way we…
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How to switch between Android apps programmatically

I want to switch quickly between two running Android apps, a Client and a Server, for debugging purposes. The two are connected by a socket connection. Ideally, I'd like to add a button to both to toggle to the other (preserving the connection) so…
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How can an iOS app know if a keyboard is already on the screen when the app opens (iOS Multitasking)

How can an iOS app know if a keyboard is already on the screen when the app opens? Once an app is running, it can receive keyboard show/hide notifications. But if the app opens as a secondary app in Split Screen mode while the primary app already…
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Update constraints on changing the window size of application in Split Mode Screen

I have an application which works fine in iPhone and iPad. But when the app is running in split mode I want to update the constraints for the view whenever we change the split mode window size from 1/3,2/3 and so on. How we can know that the app is…
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onConfigurationChanged not called when moving to 1/3 screen width

I'm updating my Android apps to support multi-window mode in Android 7. Since the apps already handle rotation changes in onConfigurationChanged, I want to handle window size changes the same way. So, I've updated AndroidManifest.xml to include…
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iPad app not listed in multitasking split view list

I try to enable my existing universal iOS app for multitasking (split view), but it's not listed there, although I fulfill all requirements, I guess: it's universal iPhone and iPad app support all orientations (is this necessary for the iPhone app…
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Is there any way to disable split screen (view two apps side-by-side) for particular screens/ViewControllers?

Is there any way to disable/enable split screen (view two apps side-by-side) for particular screens/ViewControllers on ipad? I am aware of how to do this for the entire application using info.plist. "Requires full screen" option, if this option is…
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Is it possible to have 3 or more applications visible to the user on an android device?

I am writing multiple android applications. I want to have my screen divided in two or more places so that the user can view 3 or more apps simultaneously. In other operating systems like Linux or Windows, one can view as many applications as one…
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