Earlier reports also suggested the feature was coming but that it wasn't ready for WWDC. The company typically updates iOS each year with hundreds of tweaks and can only show so many upgrades in its two-hour keynote address. That Apple didn't announce side-by-side app support isn't all that surprising. iOS 8's SpringBoard has code to run two apps side-by-side. Despite showing off several improvements, including support for sharing on-screen content in iOS with a Mac, the side-by-side app support was not announced. The ability to support split-screen apps was widely expected to make its debut Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last week. The feature is also seen as critical toward turning iOS devices - the iPad in particular - into true productivity tools along the same lines as a laptop or desktop PC.
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It's already supported in Google's Android mobile operating system and available on Android smartphones and tablets from Samsung and LG. Side-by-side app support is a highly coveted feature. According to the developer, apps can be displayed in "one-quarter size, one-half size, or three-quarter size." IOS 8, the next iteration of Apple's mobile operating system, may come with side-by-side app support after all.Īpp developer Steve Troughton-Smith tweeted Monday that Apple's iOS 8 software development kit has code built into it that allows users to run multiple apps simultaneously on the display.
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