iOS 9 finally brought split-screen views to the iPad, but it’s still not nearly as useful as the windowed multitasking views you get on a Mac. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith has come up with a much better solution with a new proof-of-concept called iOS window management that would bring the joy of working in a windows environment to the iPad.
Apple already has the foundation built thanks to UIKit. It only took Troughton-Smith 500 lines of code to build the concept with the UIWindow subclass, allowing individual app screens to be resized an overlaid on top of each other.
Check out the concept video:
Feature complete? iOS window manager proof of concept. Just a UIWindow subclass pic.twitter.com/fT0oFahOSM
— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) December 23, 2015
Troughton-Smith’s concept looks interesting and could be useful for some users who switch between three or four simple apps while working. The concept also allows users to use side-view for one app and then smaller views of other apps at the same time.
Do you think a windowed view of apps on iPad would be beneficial? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
