{"id":849,"date":"2023-10-30T18:42:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/849\/google-drive-for-android-testing-two-page-layout_id151574\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T18:42:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T15:42:47","slug":"google-drive-for-android-testing-two-page-layout_id151574","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=849","title":{"rendered":"Android users may soon get a two-page document view layout in Google Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Google Drive is adopting a new two-page layout on large screens, such as foldable phones and tablets.  This is a significant improvement over the current layout, which simply extends the same portrait UI to fit landscape displays.<\/p>\n<div>This new two-page layout option was spotted by @AssembleDebug on foldable using the current version.  version (v2.23.397.0) found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/3910\/original_title-160\/\">Play Store<\/a>.  This appears to be a beta test currently underway, so your mileage may vary.  If the feature is available, you&#8217;ll see a new button at the top right of the document viewer (just before the three-dot menu), which you can tap to trigger this view.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-cdf7f2a0-2416-449a-ad5e-d55ba598b4f1\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:600px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 111.16666666667%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Android-users-may-soon-get-a-two-page-document-view-layout.jpg\" alt=\"Android users could soon benefit from a two-page document layout in Google Drive\"\/><\/noscript><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The new layout will make it much easier to quickly read or scan documents on large-screen devices.  For example, users will be able to see two consecutive pages side by side, making it easier to compare and contrast between different parts of a document.  Additionally, the new layout will allow users to view more content on the screen at once, reducing the need to scroll up and down the screen.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-a9b69713-a536-4f8a-b3eb-c25ebe7e02a6\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:800px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 41.75%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697220601_612_Android-users-may-soon-get-a-two-page-document-view-layout.jpg\" alt=\"Android users could soon benefit from a two-page document layout in Google Drive\" class=\"lazy\" data-id=\"407034\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697220601_612_Android-users-may-soon-get-a-two-page-document-view-layout.jpg\" alt=\"Android users could soon benefit from a two-page document layout in Google Drive\"\/><\/noscript><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Single or double page layout in <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/google\/\"   title=\"Google\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Google<\/a> Drive on a foldable device (Image source: Phone Arena)<\/span><\/p>\n<div>The dual-page layout option is a significant change for the Drive <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/app\/\"   title=\"app\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">app<\/a> for Android, as it addresses a long-standing complaint from foldable device users.  The portrait-only layout simply wasn&#8217;t suited to large-screen devices and made it difficult to navigate between different pages of a document.<\/div>\n<p>There is currently no known timetable for the two-page layout that will become widely available.  However, it&#8217;s likely that the feature will roll out to all <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/1765\/google-maps-android-adds-weather_id151636\/\">users in a future update to the Google Drive<\/a> app, a welcome improvement for users who rely on Google Drive for productivity on large-screen devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Drive is adopting a new two-page layout on large screens, such as foldable phones and tablets. This is a significant improvement over the current layout, which simply extends the same portrait UI to fit landscape displays. This new two-page layout option was spotted by @AssembleDebug on foldable using the current version. version (v2.23.397.0) found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[396,999,1002,70,1001,998,584,1000],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-android","tag-document","tag-drive","tag-google","tag-layout","tag-twopage","tag-users","tag-view"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5786,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/5786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}