Remix OS Player is an Android virtual machine for Windows

Posted on by Jules Wang

If you aren’t entirely invested in running windowed Android apps with Remix OS on Windows, you can have your Windows and eat your Android at the same time with the Remix OS Player.The team behind that interface (and devices running it) have made a virtual Android device that can be tailored to run on up to 3GB of RAM or as little as 512MB. The Remix layout is pasted on top of Android Marshmallow, but we guess the best explanation for ...

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Android N gets Split Screen teased, no Freeform Windows or Launcher Shortcuts

Posted on by Jules Wang

Well, we saw the christening of Android N and the feature set is being splayed out as this post is going up. One part of that set that’s made up the buzz of the OS version is the supposed multitasking features that will make it onto this version of the platform.The multi-tasking button and interface now is limited to seven apps and also gets a “Clear All” button. Finally. You can also quick switchFrom the outset, the biggest development we’ve been talking about for N is the Split Screen feature. Lo and behold, it’s here and brings the base OS up to Samsung and ...

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It’ll take work extracting “freeform windows” from the Android N Developer Preview

Posted on by Jules Wang

Freeform jazz shouldn’t be this hard. Or maybe it is and we just don’t know it. Chew on that for a second. But getting the freeform windows feature out of Android N in its current state is going to be hard — we mean that it’s definitely not for the casual user.But it’s possible and worth the effort for those wanting to get a huge head-start on developing apps for a windowed mode in ...

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