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TietoMultiWindow

TietoMultiWindow is a modification of Android Framework which adds possibility to launch multiple applications at the same time on Android based devices. It is created by Tieto company. TietoMultiWindow is based on Apache 2.0 licensed Cornerstone created by Onskreen.

Features

Here is 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, that installing TietoMultiWindow requires build whole Android platform and flash it onto 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 sync -j8 https://github.com/tieto/multiwindow_for_android_platform_manifest.git -b tieto_multiwindow

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

Only TietoMultiwindow (http://github.com/tieto/multiwindow_packages_apps_TietoMultiWindow) application is released under [GPLv3 Licence] (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html). Underlaying frameworks/libraries are still [Apache 2.0 Licence] (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html). Projects:

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

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