[Q] Access full screen app from hover - Paranoid Android Q&A

When in a full screen app and you press a notification that then opens up in a floating hover screen, is there any easy way to then switch to the full screen app of whats inside the hover screen?
An example is when you download an excel file in an email client and when it opens in hover you cant see everything clearly, is there a shortcut to go to make it full screen from that hover screen?

I don't think there is. You'd have to tap outside of the window and use the multitasking button to select the window you minimized.

Hi,
Go into app info (can be accessed via long press 1/on notification or 2/ into view or recent apps).
Press Blacklist and uncheck floating option.
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[Q] Clear Multi-view Settings? Full-screen default.

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Received the OTA update today and had the multi-view working. I chose the full-screen button once and now I can't get split screen windows back. Technically, multi-view is working, but when I select an app, it only takes me to the full screen version. I checked the all application list to see if I could "clear default", but didn't see it anywhere.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Hold the Back button to toggle the multi-window tab. Drag an app into the workspace to dock the app.
Wow, thanks. Didn't realize it was as easy as drag and dropping.
mrnamster said:
Hold the Back button to toggle the multi-window tab. Drag an app into the workspace to dock the app.
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Thanks for that tip. I can't figure out how to add or remove apps to the multiview ribbon.
When the side window is out, at the bottom there is an edit button. Hit that and you can remove some. You won't be able to add anymore from what is in the list unless you are running a deodexed Rom with the unlimited multi window apps mod.
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[Q] How to Map to Quick Compose SMS

Hi Guys, bit of a noob.
Coming from iPhone, I could Quick Compose an SMS from anywhere using a designated shortcut using BiteSMS. In my case, I used the Volume buttons on iphone to activate the quick compose option.
Now, I wanted to know if this could be done on Android. Handcent etc have Quick Compose but its configured when you press the search button. However, the NOTE II doesnt have a hardware search button. So does anyone know how this could be done?
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you could set up a shortcut in the quick command or set up a gesture in gmd gesture/pen control.
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tomh235 said:
you could set up a shortcut in the quick command or set up a gesture in gmd gesture/pen control.
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How's that done?
tomh235 said:
you could set up a shortcut in the quick command or set up a gesture in gmd gesture/pen control.
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Just checked. That's not why I'm looking for. Thanks
Swipepad.
It's free. There are paid add ons, but the free version is good enough as is. You can essentially "swipe" from a chosen hotspot somewhere around the screen and have access to whatever apps or shortcuts you put there.
There are 10 possible hotspots along the screen edges: top right/left corner, bottom right/left corner, top, bottom, upper right/left, lower right/left.
The paid add ons include a keypad, widgets, or more space. No matter what app you are in, you can just swipe at the designated hotspot to access your swipepad right away. Even in games. You can adjust the size of the hotspot as well. Try choosing a hotspot reachable by your thumb.
No root necessary.
Aside from adding the quick compose option, try adding something like Aircalc (free, floating calculator) and a floating note app... you might not think you'd use it a lot, but trust me it is infinitely useful. You can use it in conjunction with Nova Launcher's shortcuts (recent apps, home, app drawer, notification drawer) for even easier one handed access as well.
Ok I've kinda found a solution.
ChopSms has the quick compose feature but in addition to using the search button as a shortcut you can also use the notification centre. So I've just gone for that. I can access the notification bar more or less from everywhere do that'll do me fine.

Dragging Smart Select into Upper Text Box

I just got my note today and was excited to try out the smart select feature. Unfortunately, if you try and drop what you've selected into a text box on the top of the screen, the delete option gets in the way and doesn't allow you to finish dragging. Any work around for this?
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What are you trying to do exactly and what app is that?
icexshinigami said:
What are you trying to do exactly and what app is that?
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When you hover the Spen over the screen and click the button, smart select is one of the options. You can crop an area on the screen and it will do text recognition. It then produces a floating bubble that you can drag and drop into a text field; however, once you start dragging the floating bubble, the top of the screen becomes the place to drag and delete the bubble, just like dragging an icon to delete on your home screen. So, having the delete box on the top of the screen renders the feature useless for any text field on the top of the screen.
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Ah I see.
I believe you are misunderstanding how to use the smart select feature.
That icon is not text, it is a collection of selections you took. To turn a selection into text there is a little T in the corner of the selection. (It can do fun things if your selection is phone numbers, addresses etc)
If I assume correctly you were trying to use smart select in place of highlighting copy and paste into a search bar.
If this is true then you can just highlight normally hold spen button drag across text you want and a bar with options will appear one of them is a search option that will auto search the selected text.
Some apps don't support spen highlight feature ex. firefox in which case you can highlight traditionally with a tap and hold spen(or finger) on screen and it will display the selection arrows for you to select, an options bar to do the same as above will appear.
icexshinigami said:
Ah I see.
I believe you are misunderstanding how to use the smart select feature.
That icon is not text, it is a collection of selections you took. To turn a selection into text there is a little T in the corner of the selection. (It can do fun things if your selection is phone numbers, addresses etc)
If I assume correctly you were trying to use smart select in place of highlighting copy and paste into a search bar.
If this is true then you can just highlight normally hold spen button drag across text you want and a bar with options will appear one of them is a search option that will auto search the selected text.
Some apps don't support spen highlight feature ex. firefox in which case you can highlight traditionally with a tap and hold spen(or finger) on screen and it will display the selection arrows for you to select, an options bar to do the same as above will appear.
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Thanks for the reply. I didn't notice that little "T" after doing the smart select. Wish I was still able to drag it in, but the copy and paste thing works too.

AOSB multiwindow and floating mode issue.

Like the title says, i cant enable split view. When i press Split View on my recents app, it did open at half the screen. Did the same thing next and nth happens. It just leaves an empty black box below/above the app.
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split screen on pie beta

Simple question. How to activate split screen or window mode? Old way of dragging recent app or tapping split icon are gone. Ideas?
Looking at the open apps, tap the app icon on the top center of the app you want in split screen and you'll get the menu.
And how about the swapping the places of split windows?? Is it totally gone now?

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