[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Themes and Apps] unclefab:
[MENTION=4948919]xperiacle[/MENTION] found a way to enable Real Floating Multi Windows on the Galaxy Note, and thanks to [MENTION=2176838]THEDEVIOUS1[/MENTION] this mod came to our Grand.

I've tested it extensively and it works fine, look at the screenshots below.

THEDEVIOUS1 is too busy right now to make a thread about it, so he allowed me to make one here for my fellow Grand's users:laugh:

I've improved the original SystemUi that THE DEVIOUS1 gave to me (now it's lighter and more stable) and I found a way to add a minimize button and a double tap to maximize function while in Window mode, so now one can say that we have a Full Working Floating Multi Windows Mod.

I eventually found time to make a flashable zip, no more scattered files here and there. But before you flash make sure you read the installation paragraph since there are a few pre requisites.

Two thumbs up to [MENTION=4948919]xperiacle[/MENTION] the Multi Windows pioneer, without him nothing would have been possible!

DISCLAIMER

I'm not responsible for anything that may happen to your beloved Grand:cyclops: This mod works perfectly on mine but one never knows, so make sure you have a Nandroid backup in case.

INSTALLATION

It's pretty simple, but you must be rooted, and probably deodexed (I'm not sure on that one since my phone is deodexed, it may work with odexed ROMs as well).

1-Set Androidsystem's and SystemUI's DPI to 130 (it may work with other DPIs, but for sure not with 213) using app settings (link below, in the "ADDITIONAL APPS" section) or any app that can do that kind of job. In case you changed the whole phone's DPI, put it back to stock (240).

2-Set Androidsystem's resolution to 600x1024 with appsettings (it may work without this step but do it just to be on the safe side, once Floating Multi Windows have been triggered you will be able to revert it back to its default resolution if you wish so).

3-Download the attached zip, flash it in recovery, then clear cache and dalvik cache.

Reboot. The phone will boot and freeze after the Samsung logo and show a black screen, no worries, just restart one more time and you are done.

Congrats, you have Floating Resizable Multi Windows!!!

You will notice 4 icons in the notification panel, they enable 4 different view types for the windows. From left to right: cascade (minimized), dual (like the stock multi windows), triple windows, quadruple windows.

On the left there is a pin, select it to have your window to always stay on the screen and to be able to resize the window (that can be done from the bottom, the sides or the lower right corner).

Depending which phone DPI you use you may experience System UI force close, as for me I have tried with 240 (stock DPI), 220, 200, 180 and 160, it all worked (I recommend starting with stock DPI and only after you flashed the mod to try other DPIs to suit your taste). As said above I have my Androidsystem's and my SystemUI's DPI both set to 130, but it may work with other settings...

SOME MORE SETTINGS (After Flashing - Optional)

With this mod I found the flashbar being of not much use because it can't be triggered anymore (that's because the com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml has been deleted). No worries, this bar had never proven very useful anyway, I use Side Bar instead (very little RAM hungry) and so I deleted the FlashBarService.apk.

I deleted as well:

-minimode.jar in the /system/framework folder,

-com.sec.feature.minimode_tray.xml and com.sec.feature.flashbar.xml in the /system/etc/permissions folder.

If you don't delete the com.sec.feature.minimode_tray.xml you may have an ugly bar in the middle of your screen, so if you have it you know what to do;)

Note that you may not have the com.sec.feature.minimode_tray.xml anyway, it depends on which 4.1.2 version you run, some have it and some haven't.

After a lot of testing I found that setting Androidsystem's DPI to 108 or 110 suits me fine, and I put its resolution back to stock (but still, set it to 600x104 before you flash the mod, once it's done and once Floating Multi Windows are working you can change your settings). The phone is more responsive, and the bottom navigation bar gets very tiny, thus saving screen estate.

If your navigation bar doesn't display properly in landscape mode set SystemUi's resolution to 480x854.

You don't have any bottom navigation bar? You want it? Edit you build.prop and add the line:

qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

Reboot, done!

ADDITIONAL APPS

Now you have floating multi windows but not all your apps open in floating mode?

Use this module (all credits to xperiacle and rovo89):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2304498

Wanna play with your apps DPI? Do you experience System UI force close?

Use this (all credits to tungstwenty and rovo89):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2072081

WHAT'S NEXT?

This mod can, and hopefully will, be improved, cuz it's possible to add a minimize button in order to have apps to shrink to a small bar (like on a computer), and maybe to have a bottom minitray showing the apps and the icons.

Unfortunately it's easier said than done, so if anyone wants to give a hand to make this mode even better he, or she, is most welcome!

To have the minitray working one needs to have real Tablet UI triggered (plus some files added, I have them ready), which means that the status/notification bar won't be at the top anymore but at the bottom, and that notifications will be triggered from there (like on a Tablet). Alas, so far I didn't manage to get it working, I changed the phone's DPI to 160, 177, 200, 213, 220, 225, I used Xposed's Tablet Ui module, but without any luck.

Ok guys, that's all for now, if I get anything new be sure that I will update this post.

Enjoy your floating Multi Windows, and report here if you have any problems:cool:

UPDATE:

I managed to have the mini tray working :good:.

What is a mini tray?

It's a tray that pops up from the bottom navigation bar, and it's loaded with all your apps. It can be used as an app launcher, and apps can be launched in cascade, dual, triple or quadruple floating view from within the tray cuz it has the mini windows icons. So no need anymore to go to the top notification bar to change view, everything is at your finger tip in the bottom bar.

I will upload the required files and explain how to install them if some people are interested by this update, cuz my connection is very slow and I don't want to loose time for nothing:cyclops:. The thing is that the files are a bit heavy, like 30 mb, it may be nothing for your connection but for mine it feels like 30 gb!:eek:

Look at the 4 new screenshots below (the 4 last ones), and let me know if you are interested...

UPDATE 2

Allright, now the minimize button and the double tap to maximize work, see post 2 below:D

UPDATE 3

As said above I've remodded the SystemUI, now it's lighter (from 3.5 to 2.8 mb) and more stable. I've made a flashable zip with all the required files and tried it myself, it works straight away and no SystemUi force close (as long as you have followed the "INSTALLATION" chapter).

Report any problem here, and enjoy Floating Multi Windows:cowboy: