Multi-window mode and multi-resume
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TIER 3 — Large screen ready
Multi-window mode enables your app to share the same screen simultaneously with
other apps for an enhanced, multitasking user experience. Apps share the screen
in split-screen mode, picture-in-picture mode, or free-form windowing mode.
Multi-resume maintains all activities in the RESUMED state when the device
is in multi-window mode, even when activities aren't focused. Multi-resume
enables activities to continue processes such as video playback while the user
interacts with other activities.
Next steps
To learn how to enable your app to run in multi-window mode with multi-resume,
see the following developer guides:
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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