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Once the basics of multi-window support have been covered, the next chapter will work through a tutorial outlining the practical steps involved in working with multi-window mode when developing Android apps.
== SplitSplit-Screen, Freeform and Picture-in-Picture Modes ==
Multi-window support in Android provides three different forms of window support. Split-screen mode, available on most phone and tablet devices, provides a split screen environment where two activities appear either side by side or one above the other. A moveable divider is provided which, when dragged by the user, adjusts the percentage of the screen assigned to each of the adjacent activities:

[[File:as3.0_multiwindow_splitscreen.png]]

[[File:as3.0_multiwindow_freeform.png]]

[[File:as3.0_multiwindow_freeform_button.png]]

[[File:as3.0_multiwindow_enter_freeform.png]]

[[File:as3.0_multiwindow_exit_freeform.png]]

[[File:as3.0_multiwindow_splitscreen_not_supported.png]]
