Just seen this on the wire and thought how awesome it looks.
Rockchip is a chinese chip manufacture that powers devices like the popular MK808 and other handheld devices. Looks like they've been busy as today they announced they have a Split screen solution similar to Samsung that runs on Stock Android, except it can run any app.
Oh man does this look yummy.
How likely is it that we will get this on the Nexus 7?
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How likely is it that we will get this on the Nexus 7?
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very very very very likely as Nexus 7 is one the best and popular high end device....IMO
Wow I want this, I don't have an N7 yet, but soon.
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Can't wait!
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Split screen solution similar to Samsung.
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Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, But Samsung implementation seems to only be custom apps that work in window form, but this seems to be a framework implementation?
Meaning this should work well with all Play Store apps as long as they followed the Android development guidelines and have a tablet UI. (fragments, panels etc)
Why is this thread has a PORT prefix in the title?
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Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, But Samsung implementation seems to only be custom apps that work in window form, but this seems to be a framework implementation?
Meaning this should work well with all Play Store apps as long as they followed the Android development guidelines and have a tablet UI. (fragments, panels etc)
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You are correct about how Samsung multi window works.
I don't know what the guidelines are for this multi window feature.
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I wrote an article on this yesterday.
I can't wait to see how it properly functions on some of the well known devices.
@StrangerWeather its very likely the N7 will get it as its probably the most popular 7" tab on the market.
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Because it would require a port from Rock chip devices to our N7.
This seems really cool because the Samsung required specific apps where here, he used anything, such as the stock settings app. So it should work with any app.
Plus I like how they all control and flip back and forth. Really nice.
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Saw this on Android police and the implementation of gestures, Window resizing, management etc was nice and it's better than Samsung's Multi Window feature.
Wish this gets ported to custom ROMS soon.
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Hopefully in the final release it uses the phablet layouts when in split screen. Ideally it would recalculate screen metrics based on the window size.
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Hopefully in the final release it uses the phablet layouts when in split screen. Ideally it would recalculate screen metrics based on the window size.
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A port would be awesome. Can't wait for it!
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Because it would require a port from Rock chip devices to our N7.
This seems really cool because the Samsung required specific apps where here, he used anything, such as the stock settings app. So it should work with any app.
Plus I like how they all control and flip back and forth. Really nice.
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So if I wanted someone to make a guide on how to root would I make a thread called "[GIUDE][HOW-TO] How to root Nexus 7"?
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The rumor has it that Paranoid Android team is developing something like this. In fact CM team had tried to publish their version of multi window(project Cornersrone) but Google wouldn't let them. Multi window is totally possible to make for N7 and whatever modern android device. In near future!
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Quite frankly, in the era of 1080p displays, there should be multi-window baked in to the OS. It's a feature that I think would really propel Android forward.
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Useful on a tablet but pointless on a phone. May be Google will bring this in KLP?
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Useful on a tablet but pointless on a phone. May be Google will bring this in KLP?
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I sure as hell hope so. Who said Sammy devices can have fun with this all alone?
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An elderly relative of mine shall be getting herself a Nexus 7 tomorrow, which she plans to use mainly for e-Reading plus a bit of media usage in the form of BBC iPlayer. I was looking for an easy-to-use interface for her. Any launcher recommendations or simple customisations to make it just a little bit easier? I am sure she could use it as is, but making it easier so I don't have to teach her so much will be good.
How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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Instructions are poor. You get a quick startup guide on paper and then have to open the book section to read the user manual. I find it harder to learn about a system when I an constantly flipping from the manual to a page to try out what I was reading.
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How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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I was more just on about launchers which would allow her to have a nice, clean UI that isn't too cluttered.
Anyone know of such a launcher?
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Instructions are poor. You get a quick startup guide on paper and then have to open the book section to read the user manual. I find it harder to learn about a system when I an constantly flipping from the manual to a page to try out what I was reading.
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Sorry, it was just merely a suggestion as I did not know what he needed.
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Sorry, it was just merely a suggestion as I did not know what he needed.
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Well, thanks anyway.
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Well, thanks anyway.
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No problem. The only launcher that might suit your needs would be a heavily customized apex launcher.
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No problem. The only launcher that might suit your needs would be a heavily customized apex launcher.
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Thanks. I can install Apex on my Galaxy Note, so I'll fiddle around and see what I can do on it.
Just empty the desktop from every single icon . Than..
1.on home screen Add icons that this person will use the most e.g BBC iPlayer (not sure bits going to work without flash), chrome, play store and a nice looking clock widget or something
2. Set each other screen with categories e.g one for books where you place the appropriate widgets and icons . One for videos and one for whatever else like notes calendar and other productivity ....
3. Do that person a favour and download some games .. yes games . You'd be surprised how often older people like to play ... ideal games would be mahjong, card games , also things like Bejeweled ,Zuma, scrabble type games
Stock android launcher is good enough trust me you just have to know how to organise it. Also wait for chameleon that might change things
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Look at these official photos from cnet..... Pay particular attention to photos 2 and 15.... Although there are 5-icons in the dock at the bottom, the rest of the screen only has 4 app icons across each row.... Makes me glad I didn't wait to get the Note 2: http://m.cnet.com/photos/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-debuts-photos/10013559
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Look at these official photos from cnet..... Pay particular attention to photos 2 and 15.... Although there are 5-icons in the dock at the bottom, the rest of the screen only has 4 app icons across each row.... Makes me glad I didn't wait to get the Note 2: http://m.cnet.com/photos/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-debuts-photos/10013559
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That's launcher dependent only. Download another launcher and you'll be able to have 5 rows of icons again. But yeah, it's stupid they went back to the default 4 rows on the Note 2. Guess that's the price to pay for a True HD display...
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Yea im not a fan of only 4 icon rows but like android rev said just run another launcher i will stick with nova prime
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very big.. plastic.. but i like it
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Look at these official photos from cnet..... Pay particular attention to photos 2 and 15.... Although there are 5-icons in the dock at the bottom, the rest of the screen only has 4 app icons across each row.... Makes me glad I didn't wait to get the Note 2: http://m.cnet.com/photos/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-debuts-photos/10013559
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Yah but the extra RAM and better processor will make you want to get the note. And if the note 2 is as sexy as the S3...youre definitely gonna wish you waited for the Note 2.
And btw, you can always root and install a tweaked version of the launcher.
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... Your complaing about rows of icons? Thats like complaining about a new car saying you dont like the song the radio is playing... Change it... your on xda man. Most people here tend to switch roms and kernals, changing a launcher or even less (a launcher setting) is a non issue
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... Your complaing about rows of icons? Thats like complaining about a new car saying you dont like the song the radio is playing... Change it... your on xda man. Most people here tend to switch roms and kernals, changing a launcher or even less (a launcher setting) is a non issue
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What a WINNING comment you sir are a gentleman and a scholar
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Lord.... I wasn't complaining about the Note 2..... I was merely pointing out the screen is probably too narrow to natively support 5-icon rows..... I totally understand we are of course, free to install various ROMs on our devices... Heck, I had an old HD2 that I tried out more ROMs on than I can remember.... But as my daily driver phone..... I really prefer not to void it's factory warranty
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Settings ; Launcher Settings ; Screen preferences (different title depending on which launcher) ; Number of rows.
No warranty voiding required at least 5 free top launchers have this option in the play store. I cant wait for this phone in the us
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Although I have tried out several 3rd party launchers in the past, I've always found they slow down things a bit (unless you can natively disable the original launcher without rooting the device)... Otherwise you're running a launcher on top of another launcher
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I guess i just root and take care of all those issues, but then again with 2gb of ram im betting you could handle 2 launchers if you for some reason dont just replace the old one.
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Lord.... I wasn't complaining about the Note 2..... I was merely pointing out the screen is probably too narrow to natively support 5-icon rows..... I totally understand we are of course, free to install various ROMs on our devices... Heck, I had an old HD2 that I tried out more ROMs on than I can remember.... But as my daily driver phone..... I really prefer not to void it's factory warranty
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Just in case anyone's interested, I've got a Note 2 and I've just installed Nova Launcher.
its perfectly fine with five columns of icons.
dunno what possessed Samsung releasing their launcher with only four
I really see no need to since its already vanilla android and theirs nothing wrong with this phone... if you have rooted and put a rom onto it why did you do it?
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I really see no need to since its already vanilla android and theirs nothing wrong with this phone... if you have rooted and put a rom onto it why did you do it?
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i think you meant 'custom rom' not 'stock rom' in the title
and i put cyanogenmod on my phone because of the extended functionality and settings whilst still having the vanilla experience.
Vanilla android is...plain. Some folks would like some added features on top of their dessert. I like my ice cream with some sprinkles and perhaps gummy bears on top of it. You feels me, bro?
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Vanilla android is...plain. Some folks would like some added features on top their dessert. I like my ice cream with some sprinkles and perhaps gummy bears on top of it. You feels me, bro?
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Makes sense brah...
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built in pie control (i like it better than lmt), more configurations for the status bar including making it clear, ability to change lockscreen shortcuts without an app like widgetlocker, being able to add or delete whatever i want from the system/app folder, cpu and screen adjustments (kernel), ribbons (i like it better than sidebar), adaway, and a bunch of other reasons.
I rooted Samsung and HTC phones in the past just to get rid of (freeze) the crapware / bloatware that could not be disabled.
I have no need to root the Nexus 4 as it's fine just the way it is.
I was a flash-a-holic in the past but that phase passed. I think the last custom ROM I used was over a year ago on my Galaxy Tab 10.1
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I rooted Samsung and HTC phones in the past just to get rid of (freeze) the crapware / bloatware that could not be disabled.
I have no need to root the Nexus 4 as it's fine just the way it is.
I was a flash-a-holic in the past but that phase passed. I think the last custom ROM I used was over a year ago on my Galaxy Tab 10.1
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Sounds like me with the HTC androids I use to have... This is my first vanilla android and I love it just the way out is.
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Mine is still unmolested, but I'm not sure how long that will last. I've had it for a month, but I miss some of the very simple additions like quick reply from status bar.
It gets credit for working perfectly out of the box, but there are some convenience features that I do want back.
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Today I found something in Google+, when you view a image on Google+ the status bar will fade hiding the signal bars and replacing the status section with a dot like the soft keys.
Pocket app does this too...
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Many apps do this...
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Many apps do this...
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Yeah I assume the YouTube app did this as well...
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Pretty sure this is a documented, public API.
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Pretty sure this is a documented, public API.
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Interesting, funny that features like this are quiet in a way like the separated media volumes for a headset and the speaker.
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Interesting, funny that features like this are quiet in a way like the separated media volumes for a headset and the speaker.
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I wouldn't really say that it was kept quiet in any way. I went back and looked, and it was actually featured prominently in the Honeycomb release highlights - which makes sense considering Honeycomb introduced on-screen softkeys. Of course, it's still up to developers to do their homework and implement useful features like that.
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I wouldn't really say that it was kept quiet in any way. I went back and looked, and it was actually featured prominently in the Honeycomb release highlights - which makes sense considering Honeycomb introduced on-screen softkeys. Of course, it's still up to developers to do their homework and implement useful features like that.
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That is different, Google did not mention all the features of Android 4.2 like the split up media volume feature when you have different volumes for speaker and headphones.
Maybe the Android developers secretly added those features to the API's so Google had no idea about those features during and after that latest Android version has been built.
Maybe there is even more hidden stuff that we have to find...
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That is different, Google did not mention all the features of Android 4.2 like the split up media volume feature when you have different volumes for speaker and headphones.
Maybe the Android developers secretly added those features to the API's so Google had no idea about those features during and after that latest Android version has been built.
Maybe there is even more hidden stuff that we have to find...
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I don't think I'm following you. Android has had multiple audio streams with the ability to independently control volume levels for a long time. I also don't know who you're referring to when you say "the Android developers." Google is the Android developer.
ifunny does it...
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I don't think I'm following you. Android has had multiple audio streams with the ability to independently control volume levels for a long time. I also don't know who you're referring to when you say "the Android developers." Google is the Android developer.
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For example if I set the media volume to medium and then plug in my earphones I get a different volume level (not medium) and when I unplug them the volume goes back to medium.
Google has many teams like the Android Developer team, Chrome developer team and the Web team (for online web Google products).
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ifunny does it...
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Same here...
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Hi there.
I found on G+ nice project, its called scouter and it let have on phone multiwindow known from touchwiz, now its just a project but if you have 30 sec free time just go http://getscouter.com and log in, it would be awesone have this on ours N4
submitted, waiting for the beta to test it
Meanwhile, i'm using every Halo compatible ROM here... until this comes
Looks pretty slick, a bit more of s tablet project to be honest but could be cool on the Nexus
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Will I be able to run other apps on my phone inside of Scouter?
Unfortunately, no. Scouter modules are specially designed applications, not 'native' apps that come from your phone's app store. That said, a lot of these native apps have versions that function in the Scouter web browser, and we hope companies will eventually develop custom modules for Scouter.
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That, and the fact that at first it is coming only for iOS makes it sound quite ****ty.
Lol, so it's just a browser that shows two pages at once? Haha.
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It an App within an App
only people who watched Inception will get it
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It an App within an App
only people who watched Inception will get it
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haha epic comment is epic... but i always liked samsung's multi-window feature
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