Most likley available on the next iPad with possibility that the Air can run it too. Guessing they won't allow older models to do it.
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iOS 8 Code Points to Multiple Options for Split-Screen Multitasking
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You're right, it doesn't make any sense not to support the mini.
MacRumors is just repeating what Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac wrote when he "broke the story". It didn't make any sense when he wrote it, and it doesn't make sense now. (I'm still skeptical about his 489PPI 3x resolution iPhone 6 prediction).
But hey, if Apple does support split screen on both the Air and mini from the start, I guess he'll say that it was a last minute change Apple made to make him look like a fool.
I don't see why they would talk about this at WWDC if apps did not need to be modified to get it to work. WWDC is about getting developers ready for new features.
I would also think, a four way split would be better. The text might be too small to read, but the geometry would work out right.
I would also think, a four way split would be better. The text might be too small to read, but the geometry would work out right.
I think you're right... I wish my iPad 2 could do it but I am afraid it wouldn't work well enough for apple to allow it.
Who cares who did it first? Lets be honest, if we wanted to talk about who did it first than both Samsung, Microsoft, Google, and Apple would be serial plagiarists. If they didn't copy and improve from previous generations of different products then we would have half baked products. Instead of the great features that each company has developed. And yes, each company has done some great things. Split screen is one of the things that every high end tablet, pc tablet should have.
It's not just about putting apps side by side. It's how they interact with each other that matters. Simply putting to apps side by side is not very useful.
Many of the zomg apple copied XXX were features on macos long ago. Not putting it on iOS at first is really just a decision.
Many of the zomg apple copied XXX were features on macos long ago. Not putting it on iOS at first is really just a decision.
this looks ok
Split screen could be done much simpler than first pulling up the task switcher, hitting the "+" button, then choosing a "limited" app that's running.
It would be better to split screen with any app, not just the ones that are running.
In addition, when you swipe away, this looks good on full screen (single apps) but it just doesn't look good for swiping away "half a screen" ?
What the heck is that ?
Maybe just include a "-" button to reduce back to single mode ? At least that would be better. Users know now that they can swipe away one app to get rid of it. Many users won't know how to get rid of split screen without a video like this.
So, as we add more features, Apple doesn't think ahead to keep things simple, and visual.
They don't this every time, which they to then "fix" in an update....
The pattern is "just that" a pattern.
These little additions make using iOS THAT much all worth-while... I doubt this split screen will even be done on iPhoen, but maybe it can, now it's "Large" enough.... (yes i'm referring to non-Apple devices here too), but watch and see.
Split screen could be done much simpler than first pulling up the task switcher, hitting the "+" button, then choosing a "limited" app that's running.
It would be better to split screen with any app, not just the ones that are running.
In addition, when you swipe away, this looks good on full screen (single apps) but it just doesn't look good for swiping away "half a screen" ?
What the heck is that ?
Maybe just include a "-" button to reduce back to single mode ? At least that would be better. Users know now that they can swipe away one app to get rid of it. Many users won't know how to get rid of split screen without a video like this.
So, as we add more features, Apple doesn't think ahead to keep things simple, and visual.
They don't this every time, which they to then "fix" in an update....
The pattern is "just that" a pattern.
These little additions make using iOS THAT much all worth-while... I doubt this split screen will even be done on iPhoen, but maybe it can, now it's "Large" enough.... (yes i'm referring to non-Apple devices here too), but watch and see.
I don't get the rumor about bringing this feature to the big iPads only. Why? The resolution on all iPads is exactly the same.
Welcome to Android, 2 years ago.
As far as I know, only Samsung Galaxy Note phones/tablets have that capability, and it's part of Touch Wiz, not Android. Furthermore, try using it, or ask how many people with those devices actually utilize the feature. Even on the Note 10.1 tablet 2014, it gets laggy.
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Can Apple please fix iOS7's stability first? I mean really, my iPhone 5 just had a Springboard restart, on its own. (it was lying on the table, everything's fine, then suddenly I saw the Apple logo...). That is ridiculous.
Only on iPad Air 2:
Touch ID
A8 processor with 2gb ram
Split screen multi-tasking
They had to save something for the next iPad rollout.
Personnally, I don't think the split screen will get much use from the average customer. Touch UI and iOS are fundementally one-app-at-a-time experiences. A split screen will just be too cramped for most folks tastes and stubby fingers.
Touch ID
A8 processor with 2gb ram
Split screen multi-tasking
They had to save something for the next iPad rollout.
Personnally, I don't think the split screen will get much use from the average customer. Touch UI and iOS are fundementally one-app-at-a-time experiences. A split screen will just be too cramped for most folks tastes and stubby fingers.
Welcome to Android, 2 years ago.
Welcome to quality apps and non-laggy/stuttery UI, oh wait.
I don't care
We've got a MUCH better feature in here, one that makes sense for an iPhone-sized device: extensions. A menu within your app, "share", will make it possible to cut and paste with any app that has an extension available.
Versus putting program A on one side of a screen and program B on the other side, and dragging and dropping. Meh.
We've got a MUCH better feature in here, one that makes sense for an iPhone-sized device: extensions. A menu within your app, "share", will make it possible to cut and paste with any app that has an extension available.
Versus putting program A on one side of a screen and program B on the other side, and dragging and dropping. Meh.
I don't care who...
I don't care who came out with the feature first, I care who comes our with the implementation "right". So often these other companies add features upon features to try to sell, sell, sell... it takes the right timing and the right combination of technology and humanity to make something truly work and be appropriate.
I don't care who came out with the feature first, I care who comes our with the implementation "right". So often these other companies add features upon features to try to sell, sell, sell... it takes the right timing and the right combination of technology and humanity to make something truly work and be appropriate.
Thank you. It is annoying when certain anti-Apple folks don't have their facts straight and confuse one version of Android (from Samsung) with standard Google Android.
If you look at phones released in recent years you can see companies are still trying to "wow" consumers:
-Samsung keeps making their screens bigger and brighter.
-HTC tried with Beats audio and then front facing Stereo speakers.
-LG recently released a curved phone.
-Motorola tried pushing its phone that had 2 days of battery life?
-Kyocera tried a dual screen phone.
-I forget which manufacturer stuck a projector in their phone
-Nokia made a Camera it tries to pass as a phone.
- Amazon is going to release a 3D phone.
They kind of did.
They were talking about this new thing they introduced in iOS8 called "size classes". The point of them is that rather than layout due to a particular device idiom or orientation or whatever, you should just layout based on the "size class" of your app.
As an example, Photos has square previews on an iPhone (horizontal size class: compact) and rectangular previews on an iPhone (horizontal size class: regular).
The guy explaining this was trying his best to talk about it without giving anything away. He was saying things like "oh, the iPhone is always the compact size-class but it might not always be... uhm, and the iPad is always regular but it might be smaller or bigger. Erm... anyway, let's move on."
Everyone in the audience knew why they are doing this. Who cares? We've already got the tools to simulate it and to make our Apps can dynamically change their size-class and even animate while they do it. As a bonus, it makes handling rotation easier.
Wwdc!
iOS 8 multitasking is hinted at all over WWDC UIKit presentations and the new SDK APIs.
The iOS 8 SDK introduces a new, more flexible, screen size hinting system instead of relying on device type (iPhone/iPad) and orientation. At first glance, one would think Apple is doing this to support more display sizes as we will likely see in the upcoming phablets.
However, to anyone paying attention, Apple WWDC presentations made a not so subtle point of showing dynamic resizing at app RUNTIME and the rather involved SDK support for it. This can seem odd because while screen sizes can be different from device to device, once you are running on a device, screen size doesn't change.
So why invest the effort in supporting screen size changes at runtime?
One striking answer is that in an effort to create a superior user experience, instead of arbitrarily shrinking app size with a zoom effect, Apple is encouraging developers to design apps that will cooperate with multitasking by adapting to their changing screen size as they are pushed in and out of multitasking windows.
Multitasking is upon us.
iOS 8 multitasking is hinted at all over WWDC UIKit presentations and the new SDK APIs.
The iOS 8 SDK introduces a new, more flexible, screen size hinting system instead of relying on device type (iPhone/iPad) and orientation. At first glance, one would think Apple is doing this to support more display sizes as we will likely see in the upcoming phablets.
However, to anyone paying attention, Apple WWDC presentations made a not so subtle point of showing dynamic resizing at app RUNTIME and the rather involved SDK support for it. This can seem odd because while screen sizes can be different from device to device, once you are running on a device, screen size doesn't change.
So why invest the effort in supporting screen size changes at runtime?
One striking answer is that in an effort to create a superior user experience, instead of arbitrarily shrinking app size with a zoom effect, Apple is encouraging developers to design apps that will cooperate with multitasking by adapting to their changing screen size as they are pushed in and out of multitasking windows.
Multitasking is upon us.