I have a Razr flip phone that I often use folded halfway (laptop style) and watch videos on the top half while I do other things.
Certain video apps center the content across both halves of the screen and I have to activate split screen and put a random app on the bottom half of the screen.
Long story short, is there a way to split screen only 1 app to only the top half of the screen? I’ve tried to search for something but I’m coming up empty.
Install Android Studio on your PC and create a new empty app. Plug in your mobile and deploy that app. Now select that app as the second one for the lower half. It should be all black, if its all white, change the background color.
Or look if there is an all black app in the store, probably a screen tester app.
Or download an all black image and use your image viewer
Y do ez when complicated do trick?
Try tapping the app icon on the app switcher screen.
What kind of phone are you using? My Samsung has that ‘freeform’ option but it’s called pop-up.
My wife’s pixel 6a only has split screen, and that forces 2 apps.
How can all these Android versions have this, meanwhile AOSP (Lineage, GrapheneOS,…) have nothing…
Edit: okay I found this feature, but it crashes my damn Launcher
there’s an option for freeform windows in AOSP (tested on Pixel 7), but it’s hidden in developer options
Yes I saw that, but is there a way to actually modify the size and open apps?
yes, you open apps like the first level comment showed
Thanks, tried it but on GraphenOS it simply crashes the launcher. Freeform works but is a bit useless currently
