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Split Screen - Pete_Repeat - 2016-06-09
Is there any plan for Kodi to support split screen in Android 6+ ?
One great thing about my media PC is to have Kodi in one corner of the screen playing TV while I surf the net at the same time.
I am now looking at going Android boxes throughout my house and they don't appear to have that function... yet... maybe not for a long time?
My S7 doesn't seem to show Emby as a compatible app for split view so assume it is not supported.
RE: Split Screen - da-anda - 2016-06-18
there are no plans to support this. Kodi is designed as standalone media center and that likely won't change. Also, why would one want to watch a movie in Kodi in portrait mode, or is there also a top/bottom split view?
RE: Split Screen - Pete_Repeat - 2016-06-20
I think it is only side to side. But I use a projector on this media box so split screen still gives a decent size image.
I'm not sure how the standalone media center is affected by being able to have split screen however.
On my Samsung tablet (or note phone perhaps) I think I had a way I could run any app in a window that I drew with the stylus. Maybe I look into seeing if that is possible.
RE: Split Screen - Pete_Repeat - 2016-06-20
Also, a future feature in Android N will be more of a freeform window rather than split screen as is on Android 6.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/this-is-android-ns-freeform-window-mode/
Here's to hoping that Kodi can be made to allow split screen (even if not fully supported) as I believe it is a small amount of coding to allow it. But I am no programmer.
When Android N freeform is released then it will be even more useful for me,
I have found the xposed module XMultiWindow but I am not sure that has been supported since android 4