Phones Android: Multiple windows

[Lamp]

Anyone worked out how to get multiple apps in resizeable floating windows on an Android device?

It surely can't be beyond the wit of mankind to be able to surf Firefox whilst watching Reservoir Dogs on a mini sized MX Player in the top corner of the screen, and a wee email window at the bottom

You know. Like Windows. But on an Android Tablet

 

[caLLous]

You can do it (in a fashion) in TouchWiz on Samsung devices. There seems to be a way of do it on others, too.

 

[Ormorof]

in samsung devices its called multiwindow, in others you may need to mod a little

 

[Bodhi]

I press the Small Apps button on my Xperia, then fill me boots

 

[Lamp]

I press the Small Apps button on my Xperia, then fill me boots

The Z3 yeah? Is that stock functionality or are you rooted / using a custom ROM?

 

[dysfunction]

I see all new Sony TV's will be running android and will have access to Google Play...

 

[Bodhi]

The Z3 yeah? Is that stock functionality or are you rooted / using a custom ROM?

Stock on both the Z and the Z3.

 

[Syri]

The Z3 yeah? Is that stock functionality or are you rooted / using a custom ROM?

It's stock, but not quite running apps in windows. you can run "small apps" made specifically for sony phones (mostly by sony themselves, but a couple of third party apps out there) and you can put widgets in floating windows. It can be quite handy, but it's not a full-blown windowed app experience.

 

[ECA]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ragingtools.airapps

This got released a few days ago, havnt tried it but looks like it'd do the job.

 

[Embattle]

You can do it (in a fashion) in TouchWiz on Samsung devices. There seems to be a way of do it on others, too.

I utterly hate TouchWiz, when I sort out stuff on my sisters phone I feel dirty

 

[caLLous]

I'm not a fan of it but with Google Now Launcher it becomes pretty much stock Android. I've not put CyanogenMod on my Note 3 yet because there's no third party 4k video camera app (or there wasn't last time I looked into it), otherwise I'd get rid of TouchWiz in a heartbeat.