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Certain apps don't have split view support?
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No they dont all support it. Obviously games don't. But many major apps like facebook and spotify don't support it. After 2 years I've given up hope. If developers haven't done it now they never will.
It’s funny because I was trying to show someone how apps could be dragged from the dock into a split screen view and it was like, “Oh, I guess this app doesn’t support it... oops, neither does this one. 
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“Apple really should make it a required feature for all non-game/video apps. It's ridiculous that even Google's apps don't support it.
Just tried it. Google Maps or GMail at least cannot be set to split view with some other app. Chrome, Keep and Translate work.
On the apps where it doesn't work you can get another app as a floating one but not in split view. It's ridiculous when their two most used apps don't support split view when they are also the ones that would be the most useful that way.
Yes, the developer would have enabled the split screen in code.
https://developer.apple.com/library...niPad/QuickStartForSlideOverAndSplitView.html
Makes no sense for Spotify not to be supported. Works well on Android.
Split View was never supported on the original iPad Air. Slide View is - on iOS 10 & 11.
One app that I find annoying that doesn’t support it is Marvel Unlimited. They update that app all the time “fixing bugs” but there is never a major update and there are always bugs.
But MU split screen on my 12.9 would be perfect.
But MU split screen on my 12.9 would be perfect.
Samsung devices can split screen any app its Apple ui that can’t ,tell me why you can’t run two apps at the same time , when you can others it’s a matter of how iOS runs . Instead of forcing apps to be coded this way iOS should be programmed to simply run two apps at the same time , if Samsung can do it then Apple should be able being Apple apps are more refined , Apple is just late to the game on split screen I mean the fact that iPhone 11 does not even offer this says enough.
I said it 3 years ago, I will say it again. Apple really needs to make this feature opt out for good reason (e.g. it's a game) instead of opt in so developers cannot just ignore the existence of split view.
It took years for GMail to support it. I don't think Google Maps supports it even now, again for no good reason. It's bollocks that Apple markets the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement yet one of the basic features is supported so sporadically.
It took years for GMail to support it. I don't think Google Maps supports it even now, again for no good reason. It's bollocks that Apple markets the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement yet one of the basic features is supported so sporadically.
Well said! I don’t know why that isn’t already the case after so many years.
I have found, with Apple, if one can stick in the confines of the Apple ecosystem, it is a much more pleasant experience.
They pretend to exist for the third party app developers but the documentation is spotty, some APIs are not public, or they disallow features in competing apps.
While not practical for all, if you can pull off stock apps, the experience is great.
They pretend to exist for the third party app developers but the documentation is spotty, some APIs are not public, or they disallow features in competing apps.
While not practical for all, if you can pull off stock apps, the experience is great.
