I have a Razr flip phone that I often use folded halfway (laptop style) and watch videos on the top half while I do other things.

Certain video apps center the content across both halves of the screen and I have to activate split screen and put a random app on the bottom half of the screen.

Long story short, is there a way to split screen only 1 app to only the top half of the screen? I’ve tried to search for something but I’m coming up empty.

  • @evo
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    9 months ago

    Try tapping the app icon on the app switcher screen.

    • @[email protected]
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      89 months ago

      What kind of phone are you using? My Samsung has that ‘freeform’ option but it’s called pop-up.

      My wife’s pixel 6a only has split screen, and that forces 2 apps.

      • @[email protected]
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        9 months ago

        How can all these Android versions have this, meanwhile AOSP (Lineage, GrapheneOS,…) have nothing…

        Edit: okay I found this feature, but it crashes my damn Launcher

        • panmeek
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          109 months ago

          there’s an option for freeform windows in AOSP (tested on Pixel 7), but it’s hidden in developer options

            • panmeek
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              59 months ago

              yes, you open apps like the first level comment showed

              • @[email protected]
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                29 months ago

                Thanks, tried it but on GraphenOS it simply crashes the launcher. Freeform works but is a bit useless currently

                • panmeek
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                  39 months ago

                  oh that’s too bad, it works pretty good on AOSP

        • Big P
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          39 months ago

          I find that custom roms are quite disappointing feature wise these days

    • @[email protected]OP
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      59 months ago

      I see the freeform option and I have tested that out. It’s the closest to what I want to do.

      I just wish I could click the split screen mode and only choose 1 app to run in the top 50% of the screen and have the other half just be black.

      • @[email protected]
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        18 months ago

        What RAZR do you have? I have a RAZR + and can see this and the screens split right on the crease.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          18 months ago

          I have the Razr+ as well. I was just looking for an option that rather than split between 2 apps, have only one app running on the top half of the screen.

          • @[email protected]
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            18 months ago

            I don’t know if that will be a thing. The only phone I’ve been able to do anything even remotely close to this was an LG Wing.