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As part of its folding screen initiative, Google is also working on a native desktop mode for Android through the support of multiple displays (and external).
Desktop modes, such as the Samsung Dex, have been available for a few years and, as usual, Google is now considering integrating these features natively with Android.
Andrii Kulian, software engineer for the Android Framework WindowManager for Android, working on multi-display, presented this feature in detail during a session titled "Creating Applications for Foldable, Multi-Screen, and Wide-Screen Devices" ".
"Foldable phones can have multiple screens, but you can also find multiple screens in cars, in phones connected to larger screens in desktop mode, in Chrome OS, etc.," he notes.
Google has added support for keyboard display on external displays and support for third-party launchers on secondary screens.
Applications will need to support multiple instances and developers can already test their applications on secondary screens by enabling "forced desktop mode".
If you have a Google Pixel, you can try Desktop Mode by activating a simulated view in the developer options. On other devices that support HDMI display, you can try desktop mode if you have a USB-C to HDMI adapter. On Essential Phone, the new desktop mode in Android Q will appear simply by plugging it into a monitor.
See the session below:
Since native desktop mode is reaching more Android handsets, this will likely result in at least an increased adoption of this feature.
Via XDA developers
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