Google recently released the first developer preview of Android N, which includes native split screen application functions that Android users have been waiting for for years. Smart netizens have recently found that Android not only has application split screens, but also hides the experimental multi window function in the code. This function seems to enable multiple windows to run simultaneously and drag freely. Although it was not activated in the first developer preview, foreign media can view the official Google Android N documentation and source code, It is found that Google is deploying the "experimental freeform windows" mode, which allows users to freely adjust the position and size of application windows like the computer operating system.

The figure above shows the multi window mode of Remix OS

Android N's multi window mode should look similar to Remix OS's multi window mode. Applications can be arranged freely on the same desktop, window sizes can be stretched, and windows can overlap. Android can truly achieve a desktop windowed environment similar to the computer operating system, allowing developers to set the default and minimum size of applications, Users are allowed to operate freely according to their own requirements.

It is interesting that Android M 6.0 last year also added a hidden "highly experimental" multi window mode in the preview version, but it is also not open to users or developers. The multi window mode can only be activated by modifying the code of the build.prop file in the system file system, but the experimental multi window mode of the original version at that time was of little practical significance.

For the first preview version of Android N, foreign media also tried to use this method to open the multi window mode, but because the file could not be recompiled normally after modification, it was not successfully opened, which was a pity. But at least we know that Google is committed to bringing the multi window mode to the latest Android system. Maybe in the near future, we can experience using the multi window mode on Android phones.

For small phones, the multi window mode is limited by the screen size, and the use experience may not be very good, but for tablets using Android system, the multi window mode is of great significance, which will greatly improve the bad experience of Android tablets. In addition, it is rumored that Google may combine Chrome OS and Android into one system, namely "Google desktop OS" (Google desktop operating system). From this perspective, it is natural for Google to add multi window mode for Android N, which may be the first step of Google's same desktop and mobile operating system.