IOS SPLIT SCREEN HOW TO

Multitasking can be invoked by either using four fingers and swiping up, or double tapping the Home button from any screen.

Also, the app pairing will be remembered in multitasking. So the next time you launch your primary app, the secondary app will launch with it. The beauty of iOS 11 on the iPad is that if you continuously use the same two apps in split screen, iOS will remember that. From there you can simply swipe the app off the screen with the same nub.

To remove an app from split screen, simply grab the nub at the top of the app and pull down, this will bring it back into Slide Over.

With the nub, you’ll be able to swipe the secondary app off the screen completely, or move it from a 80/20 split to a 50/50 split.

You’ll also see a little nub once you’ve invoked multitasking. If the app supports split screen multitasking, you’ll see it pop into the right side of your screen. Tap and drag the app icon to the right side of the screen.

Once your first app is open, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to invoke the dock.

Most apps that support the iPad now support split screen, though. Unfortunately, there isn’t a clear or easy way to know which apps are split screen compatible.

Open an app that supports split screen.

IOS SPLIT SCREEN HOW TO

How to invoke split screen on iPad with iOS 11 Gone is the swipe over and pick from a hideous and unintuitive app picker.įollow along as we walk you through how to invoke and use split screen multitasking on the iPad with iOS 11. It came with many additions including a revamp to split screen multitasking. With iOS 11, Apple supercharged the way how users.

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