Picture-in-Picture: Working in Android Oreo
From release of the Android O , which saw some exciting new additions for us to get our hands on! One of the most noticeable user-facing changes is the introduction of a picture in picture (PIP) option – similar to an Apple iPad feature added in iOS 9 – which should make multitasking easier in some circumstances. PIP is a special type of multi-window mode mostly used for video playback. PIP mode is already available for Android TV; Android O makes the feature available on other Android devices. Let’s take a look at this exciting new feature and how we can implement it into our Android applications! To learn more about Picture-in-Picture I created a playground project to have a play with the new features. You can check this out for yourself here! What is Picture-In-Picture? Picture-in-Picture (PiP) allows you to keep videos open as they play on top of of another screen. This wouldn’t be the same as the multi-window feature which allows users to keep two