Describe the bug
When trying to open more than one application instances, a prompt with " is already running" is shown, and the new instance is killed and bring the existing instance into focus instead.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Open a TWA application in one split screen
Open the same TWA application in another split screen
The second instance does not open, and we see the toast " is already running"
Expected behavior
TWA applications can be opened in split screen as expected
Did this ever used to work
Does not seem so
Screenshots
None
Code Snippets
Just by using the LauncherActivity class.
Smartphone (please complete the following information):
Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
OS: Android 13
Browsers Installed: Chrome
Browser Versions: 124.0.6367.82
android-browser-helper library version: 2.5.0
Additional context
It seems like the behavior is defined here, where it'd bring an existing instance to focus and does not allow more than one instances to be opened. Not sure if there are any reasons doing so, but it'd be great if we can support opening multiple application instances in split screens to unlock more use cases.
andreban
commented
4 months ago
Describe the bug When trying to open more than one application instances, a prompt with " is already running" is shown, and the new instance is killed and bring the existing instance into focus instead.
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior TWA applications can be opened in split screen as expected
Did this ever used to work Does not seem so
Screenshots None
Code Snippets Just by using the
LauncherActivityclass.Smartphone (please complete the following information):
Additional context It seems like the behavior is defined here, where it'd bring an existing instance to focus and does not allow more than one instances to be opened. Not sure if there are any reasons doing so, but it'd be great if we can support opening multiple application instances in split screens to unlock more use cases.