Cool, my galaxy s4 with some mods just let me resize to whatever ratio in 2014. And the stupid thing is… most apps support this right now. Google is just being stupid
Why not take out the 0s and say 9:1
Screen aspect ratios are typically represented at their lowest whole number, no? That’s why we have 4:3 instead of 8:6 etc so I thought the same applied here
This isn’t a screen aspect ratio. It’s a ratio of 1 portion of the screen to another portion of the screen.
It’s short for 90%:10%. 1 app uses 90% of the screen and another uses 10% of the screen.
It’s not comparing the length of 1 edge of the screen to a perpendicular edge of the screen.
Congratulations to Android for discovering the LG V20, whose 2nd screen did the same thing in 2016
I’m not sure they’re really comparable.
That phones 2nd display was: 1040x160 pixels
The main display was: 2560x1440
~4%
The 2nd display also couldn’t display another app, but was limited to:
- Quick Tools (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
- App shortcuts (specific apps)
- Recent apps
- Quick contacts
- Music controls
- Signature (By default your name)
- Upcoming plans
And didn’t allow inline replies or ‘normal’ notification features (at that time it was Android 7).
The one perk that phone did have was that the 2nd display could be on while the main screen was off.
While you are right that the V20’s implementation was limited use, it added an ease of interaction with notifications and controls you mentioned.
I’d argue a 10% screen share implementation is limited use as well though. The article even spends a lot of time talking about how you can’t see much on that sliver of screen, it’s just an easy way to swap between apps - which we can already do by double tapping the square button.
Hyperbole
Isn’t it adjustable already? Or is that only in the versions I use (Lineage forks).
It would be nice to be able to set a default other than 50:50
The new trick is that when you tap on the bottom 10%, it’ll make that app take up 90%, and the app you were just in will be downsized to the remaining 10%. As for why this is considered better than pressing the multitasking button twice, I have no idea. I’ve honestly never enjoyed the split screen feature on my phone, but I multitask a lot.
Engineers need to stay busy I guess, even if every feature a phone needs has been implemented.
