what's the reason that Samsung restricts multi-window to only a few apps it approves?

[BuyOneGetFour]

what's the reason that Samsung restricts multi-window to only a few apps it approves?

yes, there are ways around it, but I'm just trying to figure out why they did it in the first place....

 

[superlawyer15]

they didn't "restrict" it..
the app needs a certain piece of code for multi-window to work
any developer could include that code and their app will work with it

 

[BuyOneGetFour]

they didn't "restrict" it..
the app needs a certain piece of code for multi-window to work
any developer could include that code and their app will work with it

thanks.. that makes sense....

but why didn't Samsung just write their Touchwiz or multi-window app so it can
allow *any* standard Android app to operate within the window?

 

[jsadler09]

Too much testing required maybe? It's dumb that they left out several of the apps that the other carries already have. Pretty sure this was Verizon's decision, not Samsung's. Not a big deal for me since I rooted.