androidmulti-windowandroid-n-preview

How can I disable multiwindow mode for an Activity in Android N+

In the developer preview for Android N, multi-window support is enabled by default. How can I disable it for activites? Also what will happen if a multi-window enabled app launches my disabled activity?

Solution

  • In your manifest, you need: 

    android:resizeableActivity="false"

    So in your manifest file, for each activity that you want to disable the feature in, it would be like:

    <activity android:name=".SomeActivity"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:resizeableActivity="false" />

    Or, if you want to disable it in your entire app:

    <application 
   android:resizeableActivity="false" >
    . . .
</application>

    As for what will happen, Android just won't let your app go into multi-screen mode - it will just stay full screen. See https://developer.android.com/preview/features/multi-window.html and https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#resizeableActivity.