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[Q] Multiple Windows on Nexus 7?

I was wondering if our Nexus 7 can also run multiple windows at the same time just like Galaxy Tab 2 and Note 2. I havnt found any rom yet which supports such thing and some people are saying, an official update would fix that. Is there any chance we can have that on our Nexus 7?

tariq_devil said:
I was wondering if our Nexus 7 can also run multiple windows at the same time just like Galaxy Tab 2 and Note 2. I havnt found any rom yet which supports such thing and some people are saying, an official update would fix that. Is there any chance we can have that on our Nexus 7?
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Could you explain what you mean by "windows"? Are you talking about Touchwiz apps?
Edit: also, put Qs in the Q+A section. Actually, someone just asked this (coincidence)?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974476

There's apps on the play store that supports multi-windows like the note 2. There's a app called "OverSkreen (floating browser)" but it doesn't have support for jelly bean yet.

The OP is referring to the TouchWiz feature of running 2 apps side-by-side. This feature was heavily advertised on the Note 2. I think it is called Multitasking (lame name, I know).
I hadn't heard anything specifically related to the N7, but I did hear that it was part of the TouchWiz framework and it probably wouldn't be available on AOSP ROMs. I am waiting to be corrected though

[Q] Expecting a port of this OS on my Nexus 4. Do You ?

Jolla released it's Sailfish OS SDK some time ago and I'm expecting it to be ported on my Phone. Is anyone here to do this ?

iHarkunwar said:
Jolla released it's Sailfish OS SDK some time ago and I'm expecting it to be ported on my Phone. Is anyone here to do this ?
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I'm not really good at porting, but it should be easy. The 3 problems are
kernel
HW accel with GPU
Touchscreen
The first one is really easy since if you cannot run a Mer stock / customized UI, you can still take Android one.
For the second, it is the trickiest, but you can still use mesa-llvmpipe (no HW accel, but only software)
For the thirst point, it is up to the screen manufacturer. Some provides linux drivers, some do not. But for Android, it might be highly probable that a driver is provided.

sfiet_konstantin said:
I'm not really good at porting, but it should be easy. The 3 problems are
kernel
HW accel with GPU
Touchscreen
The first one is really easy since if you cannot run a Mer stock / customized UI, you can still take Android one.
For the second, it is the trickiest, but you can still use mesa-llvmpipe (no HW accel, but only software)
For the thirst point, it is up to the screen manufacturer. Some provides linux drivers, some do not. But for Android, it might be highly probable that a driver is provided.
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Nexus 4 is a developer device and I think all required drivers are released

iHarkunwar said:
Nexus 4 is a developer device and I think all required drivers are released
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Released ... for Android.
Because SW architecture are not the same
You need an X11 driver etc.

sad.... :\

iHarkunwar said:
sad.... :\
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We will check if it works. Maybe the support for the HW in the Nexus 4 is good ...
But for the Nexus 7, it is nearly sure that it works. Something similar (Ubuntu) were ported on it ...

Has Google still not been able to release all the source code for the Nexus 4?
Disgusting if so.

sfiet_konstantin said:
We will check if it works. Maybe the support for the HW in the Nexus 4 is good ...
But for the Nexus 7, it is nearly sure that it works. Something similar (Ubuntu) were ported on it ...
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You mean Ubuntu for Tablets? If so then the Nexus 4 should also possibly be able to get a Sailfish port. They release Ubuntu for Phones on the Nexus 4 the same day the UfT port was released for the N7.

Bump.
It's been 9 months since the last post on a Nexus 4 port of SailfishOS. Has someone brought this baby to term? Anyone know if there's an ongoing effort?

There is no sources or devices released. Theres only the x86 based sdk. So what do you can be ported? The x86 sdk to arm cpu? Never. And the Sailfish ui is proprietary so sources wont be released. If you want Mer with the default ui, sources can be downloaded from the Mer-projects website

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVAMGv3tI4

ufoman said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVAMGv3tI4
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That's great news! If I understand correctly he flashed CM and then patches it with libhybris+sailfish. That makes me hope for easy patching to other devices too...
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I want those files right now!
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Looks great

ufoman said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaVAMGv3tI4
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Thanks for showing this. It would be nice to see another minute or two to demonstrate how sailfish performs on Nexus. Perhaps this is still at early stages. Are you able to provide instructions and location of files? Thanks again!

mscion said:
Thanks for showing this. It would be nice to see another minute or two to demonstrate how sailfish performs on Nexus. Perhaps this is still at early stages. Are you able to provide instructions and location of files? Thanks again!
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No files or anything else have been made available yet. It might be too early yet, but now any hope we might have had has gained some solid foundations

No news about the port to Nexus 4 ? I can't wait to try it.

ufoman said:
No files or anything else have been made available yet. It might be too early yet, but now any hope we might have had has gained some solid foundations
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I wish they would at least show a demo of how they did it. That way we could try making some progress with other devices awhile

N4?

is SailfishOS going to be ported to nexus 4?. i know we need arm images and that, i just need to know if its possible.(im not asking any1 to do).

Plus one. I think it should be doable given that the nexus 4 has a qualcomm processor like the Jolla. My guess is that they're both of the snapdragon family.

Use search before posting.
There is no ports, threse is no plan to port.

EnErGy[CSDX] said:
Use search before posting.
There is no ports, threse is no plan to port.
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Current situation is this. BUT I believe that sailfishOS will be ported to nexus devices soon. It has been already running on nexus 7, so why not nexus 4...
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rockknee said:
Current situation is this. BUT I believe that sailfishOS will be ported to nexus devices soon. It has been already running on nexus 7, so why not nexus 4...
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maybe Jolla post some instructions how to package android drivers into rpm, but it is not critical info for port.
current situation that there is no people that can and want to do port.

Vulkan API

Does anyone know if we can take advantage of vulkan api in android N when it comes out? Not officially, but third party like CM14 or something in the future.

Vulcan API will be official in Marshmallow N.
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vince.lupe said:
Vulcan API will be official in Marshmallow N
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I think it is easier to tell the original poster a resounding "NO" as I highly doubt that the Note 4 will be even able to get Android N without some really good porting.

Can someone confirm this is still a limitation for note 4?

Thinking of getting a Note 4

I like look of the Note series for the size and the stylus. The Note 7 looked great before it was recalled. The Note 5 doesn't have microSD. So I am left with Note 4.
Some questions:
- Is the OS updated on the Note 4 and does it perform well? If not, is there a good clean modern ROM with Android 7+ for the Note 4?
- Will I get multi-user accounts? I am developing software and would like to show it off on this phone. So I need a dedicated user account for demoing.
- It will be the UK version so Snapdragon 805 I think. I see this processor has HEVC decoding. Does hardware HEVC decoding work in practice?
I know the android ecosystem has major problems with updates and vendor alterations so I would like to avoid these issues.
Thanks for any info!

CSMR said:
I like look of the Note series for the size and the stylus. The Note 7 looked great before it was recalled. The Note 5 doesn't have microSD. So I am left with Note 4.
Some questions:
- Is the OS updated on the Note 4 and does it perform well? If not, is there a good clean modern ROM with Android 7+ for the Note 4?
- Will I get multi-user accounts? I am developing software and would like to show it off on this phone. So I need a dedicated user account for demoing.
- It will be the UK version so Snapdragon 805 I think. I see this processor has HEVC decoding. Does hardware HEVC decoding work in practice?
I know the android ecosystem has major problems with updates and vendor alterations so I would like to avoid these issues.
Thanks for any info!
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Well, I have a 910C which is an exynos version. But I can tell you that samsung is pushing security updates every 2-3 months for each countries clean CSC. I don't think we'll be getting official Android 7 though. And to use the multiuser feature you will have to use a custom ROM like cyanogenmod. (ROMs are more available in snapdragon variations, they even already have an android 7 port)
No idea on HEVC, but I'm guessing it's functional.
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LMrcS said:
they even already have an android 7 port
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You wouldn't have a link by any chance would you?
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Jad Morffier said:
You wouldn't have a link by any chance would you?
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Sorry I don't. But you can easily find here at xda at the snapdragon subforum.
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