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For the first time, a multi-window mode was implemented, which was called Split View. On this moment“split screen” option is available to owners iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, iPad and iPad Pro.
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What is Split View multitasking mode on iPad?
Split View mode on iPad allows you to fully work (view content, copy links, text and images between windows) on Apple tablet with two applications at the same time.
How to enable split screen (two apps at once) Split View on iPad?
Activating the multi-window option is extremely simple. To do this, you need to perform a few simple steps.
1 . Rotate the tablet to landscape orientation;
2 . Open one of the applications you intend to work in;
3 . Open the Dock panel. To do this, swipe up from the bottom of the display.
4 . Tap and hold the Dock icon for the program you'll be using on the right side of the display. It should be noted that not all applications support this mode.
5 . Drag the program icon to the very edge of the screen (left or right), and it should appear additional area for Split View mode.
6 . Release your finger. The moving icon will launch the corresponding application in Split View mode.
Attention! If the icon of the application being moved is not brought to the edge, but simply thrown onto the screen, then the mode is activated - it is available on all latest iPad(iPad mini 2/3/4, iPad Air, iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro) with installed iOS 9 and above.
To activate the Split View mode, simply touch the divider curtain tab in the Split Over window or pull it up.
Split View mode allows you to split the screen in screen proportions - 50/50 or 70/30. To change the proportions, you need to pull the tab located in the left middle of the right window.
Developer Eliyah Frederickson started open testing ReachApp tweak that implements on iPhone multi-window mode multitasking. This promising application can be used by all owners of jailbroken devices.
In accordance with the ReachApp concept, smartphones allow you to display two applications on the screen at once. At any time, the user can divide the display into two parts, each of which will contain one task. This could be, for example, Instagram app And YouTube client. You can read Twitter and view calendar events at the same time. There are a lot of programs whose users would like to keep several open “windows” in front of their eyes at once in order to perform tasks in parallel.
The sizes of windows can be changed at your discretion - moved up and down or removed from the screen. In this case, running applications will work, for example, when viewing YouTube videos will not stop, you will hear the sound and will be able to work to the music. It is possible to switch from one window to another at any time and get an instant response.
You can evaluate the concept of multi-window mode for iOS 8 yourself by adding Cydia repository developer.
How to set up multi-window multitasking mode on iPhone:
Step 1: Execute jailbreak iPhone and iPad using the instructions. Install Cydia by following.
Step 2: Launch Cydia and wait until the repositories are updated.
Step 3: The package is in a separate repository http://elijahandandrew.com/repo/. To add new source, you need to go to the Sources -> Edit -> Add -> Add section and specify the repository address.
Step 4: Wait for the update and go to the Search tab.
Step 5: Find the ReachApp package and confirm its installation. After respring, you can test multi-window multitasking. If your device does not support Reachability, then you must also install a tweak along with the installation of ReachApp.
Step 6: Set the command to launch Reachability feature using Activator to enable multi-window mode on iOS 8.
Split View mode allows you to run 2 apps simultaneously on your iPad
09.30.15 at 17:33
iOS 9 introduced a feature that brings multitasking when working with iPad to new level. Split View allows you to run 2 applications side by side. This can be very useful if you need to copy information from one application to another. Or just keep track of some data and keep records at the same time.
Split View on iPad
In this article we will tell you how to use Split View on iPad. But keep in mind that Split View is a resource-intensive mode and requires powerful iron, so it can only be enabled if you have an iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, or iPad Pro.
How to Use Split View on iPad
1. Open the first app you want to place next to the other.
2. Place your finger in the center of the screen at the very right edge and slide it to the left to open the Slide Over panel.
Slide Over mode on iPad
3. A second application will appear on the right.
4. Place your finger on the left dividing line of the second application and drag it to the left. So the second application will share the screen with the first one.
5. Now you can change the proportions of both windows by moving the vertical dividing bar across the screen.
The screen split can be: half, 1/3, 1/4, 2/3.
Note 1: If you already have 2 apps open in Split View mode, you can rotate your iPad to portrait or landscape mode.
Note 2: You can quickly expand the second application to full screen if you drag the dividing bar to the very left edge of the screen.
Expand the right application to full screen
Note 3 Note: Not all applications support Split View. If the application is designed to occupy the entire iPad screen, it cannot be opened in Split View mode.
How to give one application more screen space
In Split View display mode, both applications can either have equal window sizes on the screen, or one of them can occupy more space. The first application on the left is the main one and cannot be compressed to less than half the screen. If you want to change the proportions of the apps and make the right one wider and the left one narrower, then you need to open the first one as the main one and the left one as the secondary one.
What to do if Split View is not supported on your iPad
If you have an iPad that does not support resource-intensive Split mode View you can use the Slide Over mode. Slide Over allows you to open a panel with an application on the right on top of the main one. Once you have finished working with the application open on the side, it will be hidden and you will return to the window previous application. Slide Over mode is very convenient if you need to quickly write a message to someone in iMessage, take notes in Notes, view some data and hide it. Slide Over mode does not divide the iPad screen into 2 parts, but is intended only for quick access to another application. Slide Over is not a resource-intensive mode, so it is present on almost all iPad models.
Three years ago in iOS 9, which was presented at WWDC 15, users saw multi-window mode for the first time in mobile devices Apple.
Three features at once: Split View, Side Over and Picture in Picture were designed to take the ease of use of devices to a new level and add new scenarios for their use. Unfortunately, all three chips went exclusively to iPad tablets, which were released after 2013.
Screen sizes current models iPhone already It’s quite possible to implement something like this. Competitors are promoting the idea to the fullest and counting it among the advantages of their smartphones.
Those who have used such modes on Android at least a little will find a dozen useful uses for these features. Conveniently send and copy data between different programs, send content, watch videos and do something else at the same time.
Until now, these three features are not available to everyone iPhone versions and are used only on iPad. Why don't Apple want to give iPhone users multi-window mode with real multitasking?
1. Apple is saving falling iPad sales
Everyone knows what exactly iPhone sales bring Apple the lion's share of profits, but they are not yet going to give up on the iPad in Cupertino.
Every year, marketers have to come up with more and more new ways to sell tablets in a market crowded with such devices.
Apple has already released a huge 12-inch iPad, which is comparable in size to a compact MacBook and has moved from the usual 9-inch screens to 10.5 inches with more thin frames. Last year they presented budget iPad with a nice price tag, and this one has a similar model, but with Apple support Pencil.
In the near future (if not this year, then at the beginning of next) we will have new iPad Pro with minimal bezels and Face ID sensors in iPhone style X.
All this is aimed at attracting new customers and in order to make old ones iPad owners update your tablets.
If you transfer cool features like Split View, Side Over and Picture in Picture to the iPhone, then the lion's share software benefits The iPad will lose.
Even in iOS 12 we see the reverse process in the form of adding missing applications from iPhone to iPad. Promotions, News and Voice Recorder have already been moved, we are waiting for Calculator and Weather.
2. The autonomy of the iPhone will not be enough
Pair running applications with simultaneous drawing of the picture and consumption computing power could seriously impact the iPhone's battery life.
Active users can already drain the battery in a few hours, and if they are allowed to run two programs at the same time, the smartphones will hardly last half a working day without recharging.
First, you need to optimize the system to increase the time it takes to work with one application, and only then think about running a couple of programs at the same time.
Maybe after a minor update of iOS 12 with optimization under the hood next year, we will be able to count on such features.
3. iPhone aspect ratio is not suitable for two apps
Habitual iPhone models are elongated compared to iPad display and have a “cine” ratio of 16:9 or 1.78:1. At the same time, the flagship iPhone X also has big difference between the width and height of the display, which is expressed in a ratio of 2.17:1.
The iPad has “classic TV” 4:3 or 1.33:1. A couple of applications rotated 90 degrees fit perfectly in width in Split View, and a slightly open program in Side Over mode is displayed with graphics for the iPhone version.
If you place two applications on the smartphone screen, they will be too stretched in width even by regular iPhone and are too stretched on the iPhone X. This will lead to an extremely small amount of content in each of the windows. Even an entire Instagram photo won’t fit.
Do not forget that many programs have non-hidden blocks with control keys or section navigators at the top or bottom, this will make work area programs are even smaller.
If Split View and Side Over appear on the iPhone, software developers will have to seriously modify their programs. Changing a lot user interface and adapting to larger working widths.
For now, a couple of applications on the screen can only be comfortably placed in portrait display orientation.
4. iPhone Plus with Split View will be better than iPhone X
A less elongated display is better suited for a couple of applications, but it still has an effective area. Add to this the lack of bangs and you get best experience from working with two programs.
We'll have to wait until the majority of models have an aspect ratio like the iPhone X, and only then think about introducing features.
When to expect two applications on the iPhone screen
Firstly, Apple should finally abandon the iPad. While this segment is being actively developed, we won’t see features from a tablet on a smartphone.
Perhaps in 3-4 years, when there is nothing surprising in the iPad and every home has at least a couple of devices collecting dust, Split View, Side Over and Picture in Picture will migrate to the iPhone.
Secondly, there needs to be a major leap in improving the iPhone's battery life so that a couple of apps don't drain the battery right before our eyes. There are no visible prerequisites for this yet.
