{"id":20592,"date":"2017-05-22T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=20592"},"modified":"2017-05-22T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:00:02","slug":"how-to-enable-freeform-multi-window-mode-in-android-nougat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-enable-freeform-multi-window-mode-in-android-nougat\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Freeform Multi-Window Mode in Android Nougat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Android 7.0 Nougat brings\u00a0various cool additions\u00a0to Google\u2019s mobile platform however the most noteworthy of the lot has to be the multi-window aka split-screen multitasking feature. Multi-window certainly revamps the way you multitask on Android,\u00a0as it presents to you the capacity to run two applications one next to the other. While the feature is super helpful, we\u00a0had really hoped\u00a0for a more detailed multitasking solution with the ability to have freeform floating windows running on top of one another, like in\u00a0Windows or macOS. Actually, Google was indeed working\u00a0enable the freeform multi-window\u00a0mode in Android Nougat. Here\u2019s how to do it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On your Android Nougat running smartphone or tablet, head over to<strong>Settings-&gt;Developer Options<\/strong>. Here, scroll down\u00a0to the end and enable the option dubbed \u201c<strong>Force activities to be resizable<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Android-Nougat-force-activities-resizable-1.png\" alt=\"Android Nougat\" width=\"640\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Android-Nougat-force-activities-resizable-1.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Android-Nougat-force-activities-resizable-1-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p><strong><u>Note<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0For people unaware, you can enable the \u201cDeveloper Options\u201d by going to Settings-&gt;About Phone and tapping the \u201cBuild Number\u201d 7 times.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once done,<strong>restart your device<\/strong>. After the device boots up, head to the Play Store and\u00a0install the\u00a0<strong>Taskbar<\/strong>\u00a0app (<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.taskbarw8&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0with in-app purchases).<\/li>\n<li>After the app is installed,\u00a0<strong>launch it<\/strong>,\u00a0scroll to the bottom of the homepage and\u00a0<strong>enable \u201cFreeform window support\u201d<\/strong>. Then,\u00a0<strong>enable Taskbar<\/strong>\u00a0through the toggle in the top. You will then see a drawer icon\u00a0at the bottom left of the interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Taskbar-app-enable-1.png\" alt=\"Android Nougat\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Taskbar-app-enable-1.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Taskbar-app-enable-1-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After that, tap the\u00a0<strong>Recent aka\u00a0the multitasking button<\/strong>\u00a0and clear all the apps through the \u201c<strong>Clear All<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Clear-all-apps-from-recent-Android-2.png\" alt=\"Android Nougat\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Clear-all-apps-from-recent-Android-2.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Clear-all-apps-from-recent-Android-2-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Then, tap on the\u00a0<strong>Taskbar drawer icon<\/strong>\u00a0from the homescreen, which should show you a list of all your apps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/freeform-windows-mode-Android.png\" alt=\"Android Nougat\" width=\"640\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/freeform-windows-mode-Android.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/freeform-windows-mode-Android-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Note<\/u><\/strong>: When you\u00a0tap the icon, your homescreen icons should disappear and if they don\u2019t, wait for\u00a0them to disappear or tap the Taskbar icon until the homescreen icons disappear. Another way is to open Taskbar and tap the Recent Apps button and then tap the Taskbar icon again.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Then, you can just\u00a0<strong>tap apps on the list to open them in freeform floating windows<\/strong>. You can move these app windows around, resize them and open them in full-screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Freeform-multiwindow-Android-Nougat-1.png\" alt=\"Android Nougat\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Freeform-multiwindow-Android-Nougat-1.png 700w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Freeform-multiwindow-Android-Nougat-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Freeform-multiwindow-Android-Nougat-1-470x264.png 470w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Freeform-multiwindow-Android-Nougat-1-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Freeform-multiwindow-Android-Nougat-1-215x120.png 215w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Freeform-multiwindow-Android-Nougat-1-414x232.png 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the experience is a little buggy, considering Nougat officially doesn\u2019t support the feature however,\u00a0the silver lining is the fact that almost all of the apps work in this freeform mode. Apps like Camera, YouTube\u00a0etc. work like a charm and we are sure you\u2019ll want Google to bring this feature as soon as possible. Also, you can hold the window of an app to the side to\u00a0snap it for split-screen multitasking.<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"try-the-upcoming-floating-app-windows-in-android-nougat\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Try the upcoming\u00a0floating app windows in Android Nougat<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Chances are, Google will only release\u00a0this feature with Android O, so until that arrives,we guess this is your only option if you are using Android Nougat. So, enable freeform mode in Android\u00a07.0 via the simple steps mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Enable Freeform Multi-Window Mode in Android Nougat &#8211; Mobile &#8211; Android 7.0 Nougat brings various cool additions to Google\u2019s mobile platform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,46018],"tags":[61605,14136,7519,7574,7578,11627,14135,14137,8256,10020,61606,61607,59861,59876,59859,27291,59883,59867,61610,11626,61608,61609],"class_list":["post-20592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-mobile","tag-android-7-0-android-android-n-features-android-n-release-date","tag-android-7-0-nougat","tag-android-n","tag-android-n-name","tag-android-n-update","tag-android-nougat","tag-android-nougat-features","tag-android-nougat-release-date","tag-android-windows","tag-floating-app","tag-floating-apps","tag-freeform","tag-multi-app","tag-multi-window","tag-multi-window-app","tag-multi-window-for-android","tag-multiwindow","tag-multiwindow-for-android","tag-newsday","tag-nougat-android","tag-split-screen","tag-split-screen-multitasking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}