How To Customize Multi Window – Samsung Galaxy Tab 4

Jun 17, 2014

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Learn how to Customize Multi Window on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. You can use Multi Window to run multiple apps on the same screen.

Any of the apps found within the Multi window panel can be run at the same time as a current onscreen app. Once multiple apps are running on the same screen, you can then choose to either swap their positions or maximize a desired app. In the following example, we will be launching both the Internet and Maps applications, but any two apps listed in the Multi window apps panel will work the same way.

From a Home screen, touch Internet icon.
Activate the Multi window feature.
Touch the tab to display the apps panel.
Touch and hold the Maps icon until it detaches from the panel.
In a single motion, drag it over the current Internet screen and drop it over either the top or bottom area of the screen.

Note: Once the two applications are running, the device displays a split screen view containing both the initial Multi window app and the second Multi window app. Each application is still independent of the other.

Window Controls

Select an application window and touch in the middle of the windows. Window controls display:

Switch icon: Switch locations between Multi Window applications.
Share icon: Share items between the application windows. Drag an item to share from one window to another. Some applications may not support this feature.
Maximize icon: Maximize the application.
Close icon: Close the application.

Customizing Multi Window Control Panel

To remove a Multi window app:

Enable the Multi window feature and open the Multi window control panel.
Touch Edit, located at the bottom of the control panel, to reveal the staging area containing any additional apps.
In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it detaches from the control panel, then carefully drag it to the staging area.
When you are finished, touch Done.

To add a Multi window app:

Enable the Multi window feature and open the Multi window control panel.
Touch Edit (located at the bottom of the list) to reveal the staging area containing any previously removed apps.
In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it detaches from the staging area, then carefully drag it to a new location in the current list of apps.
When you are finished, touch Done.

Note

This guide will work on all Samsung Galaxy Tabs; including Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1.

Tags:

Android, Customize, Galaxy, Galaxy Tab 4, Homescreen, Multi Window, Samsung

Amarnath Natarajan

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