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AndrzejWieczorek edited this page Mar 20, 2014 · 9 revisions

TietoMultiWindow

TietoMultiWindow is a modification of Android Framework which enables to launch and see multiple applications at the same time. It is created by Tieto, inspired by [Cornerstone] (https://github.com/Onskreen/cornerstone). Currently available for Android 4.2.2 (source code available), KitKat (4.4) version coming soon.

Features

Here is a short demo of TietoMultiWindow : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwvxWIt30lU

  • Run multiple apps on android
  • Arrange windows in tabs (similar to workspaces in Ubuntu)
  • Two modes: floating and docked
    • Floating mode allows window move and resize
    • Docked mode allows to pin windows to left or right side
  • Transparent for applications

For Developers

Please be aware installing TietoMultiWindow requires to build the whole Android platform and flash it to a device. Tieto does not take any responsibility for results of flashing your device. TietoMultiWindow consists of two parts: framework modification and client application for managing windows. Flexible API allows to create more sophisticated window managers. To download TietoMultiwindow execute:

repo init -u https://github.com/tieto/multiwindow_for_android_platform_manifest.git -b tieto_multiwindow
repo sync -j8

For more information about building Android please see https://source.android.com/source/building.html.

Credits

Thanks to Tieto development team members:

  • Pawel Augustyn
  • Radoslaw Bieniek
  • Szymon Bigos
  • Sebastian Gozdz
  • Dariusz Kluska
  • Andrzej Listowiecki
  • Mateusz Madetko
  • Michal Stawinski
  • Adrian Szymanski
  • Dominik Sliwa
  • Stefan Wysocki

Licence

Projects:

are released under [Apache 2.0 Licence] (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).

TietoMultiwindow application (http://github.com/tieto/multiwindow_packages_apps_TietoMultiWindow) is released under [GPLv3 Licence] (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html).

About Tieto

Tieto’s Product Development Services is the unique telecom expert with global presence. For 30 years we have been in the forefront of mobile and telecom technology. When you think of all the mobile calls in the world – more than half of them are possible because of us! It is Tieto – the product development services – that keeps the telecom technology in motion.

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